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FOREWORD 

^T^HE CHAPTER having just been incorporated 
and about to enter upon the twentieth year of 
its existence, it was deemed appropriate to publish a 
brief record of its history and at the same time to 
have the new Constitution and By-Laws printed. 



PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 

Luther Atwood 

and 
Webster Bruce 



APPLICATION 



for the formation of a Local Chapter of the Massachu- 
setts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution 
within the territory of 

Lynn, Mass., February 1, 1896. 

to the board of managers of the massachusetts 
society of the sons of the american revolution: 

Gentlemen: — 

The undersigned members of the Massachusetts 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
residing within the City of Lynn, respectfully petition 
for the privilege of organizing a Local Chapter within 
the territory of the Lynn, in accordance with Article V 
of the Constitution of The Massachusetts Society 
OF THE Sons of the American Revolution, said 
Chapter to be entitled ''The Col. John Mansfield 
Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of the 
Sons of the American Revolution," and to be con- 
ducted in conformity with the Constitution and By- 
Laws of the National Society and The Massachusetts 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
and in particular with Article V of the Constitution of 
the State Society, which reads as follows: 



6 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

ARTICLE V. 

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

Ten or more members of the Society, resident in any locality 
as may be approved by the Board of Managers, may form them- 
selves into a Chapter, to be called by such name as said members 
may assume. A Charter may be granted to such Chapter by 
the Board of Managers, upon application in writing of ten or 
more members of the Society, stating name to be assumed, the 
location, and names of its proposed members. Such Chapter 
may enact a Constitution and By-Laws not inconsistent with 
those of the National Society, or of this Society. 

No person shall be admitted to such Chapter unless he is a 
member in good standing of The Massachusetts Society of 
THE Sons of the American Revolution, and all members of 
this Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, resident 
within the territory of such Chapter, shall be eligible to member- 
ship therein. If any member of such Chapter shall cease to 
be a member of the State Society, his membership in the Chap- 
ter shall also cease. 

Membership in Chapters shall not in any way change the 
relations of members to the State Society nor impair obligations 
of payment of dues and other requisitions of the Constitution 
and By-Laws of said Society. 

Every Chapter shall annually report a list of officers and 
members to the Secretary of the State Society on the first of 
April. 

(Signed), 

1 Henry Cabot Lodge 7 Rufus Kimball 

2 Frank L. Earl 8 George H. Rich 

3 John L. Parker 9 Melville S. Nichols 

4 Richard J. Nichols 10 Edward N. Todd 

5 Arthur B. Mudge 11 Elihu B. Hayes 

6 Walter H. Merritt 12 Herbert E. Todd 

13 Howard K. Sanderson 



CHARTER 



CHARTER OF OLD ESSEX CHAPTER OF THE 
MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF THE SONS 
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — 

LiBERTAS ET PaTRIA. 

To Henry Cabot Lodge, Frank L. Earl, John L. 
Parker and others, members of The Massachusetts 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
residing within the City of Lynn, and subscribers to 
the adjoining petition. 

Greeting: 
n EPOSING ESPECIAL TRUST AND CONFI- 
■'-^ DENCE in your patriotism, the Board of Mana- 
gers of The Massachusetts Society of the Sons of 
THE American Revolution, in response to your peti- 
tion dated February 1st, 1896, and in accordance with 
their vote passed February 7th, 1896, and amended 
March 6, 1896, do, by these presents, authorize you to 
form a Local Chapter of the Society within the terri- 
tory of Lynn and its vicinity, to be known as 

THE OLD ESSEX CHAPTER OF THE MASSA- 
CHUSETTS SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF 
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 

to associate with yourselves such other members of 
this Society as may now or hereafter reside within 



8 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

the said territory, and, as a Chapter, to adopt such 
Constitution, By-Laws and Regulations as do not 
conflict with the Constitutions and By-Laws of the 
National Society or The Massachusetts Society of 
THE Sons of the American Revolution. 

IT IS YOUR SACRED DUTY to revive and keep 
alive, especially within your territory, the spirit of pure 
and unselfish patriotism which inspired the Fathers of 
the Republic, and diligently to promote the lofty aims 
and objects of this Society, as set forth in the Consti- 
tutions of the National Society and The Massachu- 
setts Society of the Sons of the American Revo- 
lution, to the end that our Country may be preserved 
Free, Independent and United; that Enlightened 
Constitutional Government may be maintained, and 
that Peace and Happiness, Truth and Justice, Liberty 
and Fraternity may be established among us for all 
generations. 

GIVEN under the seal of this Society, 
in the City of Boston, this 7th Febru- 
ary, 1896, and amended March 6th, 
in the year of our Lord the Eighteen 
(Seal) Hundred and Ninety-Sixth, and of the 

Independence of the United States of 
America the One Hundred and 
Twentieth. 

EDWIN SHEPARD BARRETT, President. 
HERBERT W. KIMBALL, - - Secretary. 



SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 9 

March 6, 1896: Permission given to change name to 
"Old Essex Chapter." 

HERBERT W. KIMBALL, 

Secretary, Mass. Society S.A.R. 

At the first meeting after the Charter was granted, 
the following oflScers were elected: — 

President, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, 

Vice-Pres., Rufus Kimball and George Henry Rich, 

Secretary, Howard Kendall Sanderson, 

Treasurer, Frank Lyman Earl, 

Registrar, Richard Johnson Nichols, 

Historian, John Lord Parker. 



STATE CHARTER 

OF OLD ESSEX CHAPTER OF THE MASSA- 
CHUSETTS SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF 
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

APPLICATION 

INCORPORATION 

ON DECEMBER 4th, 1914, the Chapter was 
incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts 
by the following members: 

Horace H. Atherton, Jr. 
Webster Bruce 
Luther Atwood 
Charles J. H. Woodbury 
Henry F. Tapley 
Charles H. Bangs 
Frederic W. Perkins 
Henry R. Mayo 
C. Frederic Smith 
Elmer E. Sanborn 
Leon C. Ellis 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 11 

At the time of the incorporation, the following were 
the officers of the Chapter: 

President 
Hon. Horace Hale Atherton, Jr. 

First Vice-President 
Charles Jeptha Hill Woodbury Sc.D. 

Second Vice-President 
Henry Fuller Tapley 

Secretary 
Luther Atwood, 8 Sagamore Street 

Treasurer 
Webster Bruce, 80 Baker Street 

Historian 
Charles Howard Bangs, M.D. 

Chaplain 
Rev. Frederic Williams Perkins, D.D., 

Advisory Board 

George Everett Sprague Henry Rogers Mayo 

Charles Frederic Smith Leon Clifton Ellis 

Elmer Ellsworth Sanborn 

Under the new By-Laws, these twelve officers con- 
stitute the Board of Governors. 



INCORPORATION 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

BE IT KNOWN, that whereas Horace H. Ather- 
TON, Jr., Webster Bruce, Luther Atwood, 
Charles J. H. Woodbury, Henry F. Tapley, 
Charles H. Bangs, Frederic W. Perkins, Henry 
R. Mayo, C. Frederic Smith, Elmer E. Sanborn 
and Leon C. Ellis have associated themselves with 
the intention of forming a corporation under the name 
of the Old Essex Chapter, Sons of the American 
Revolution, Inc., for the purpose of perpetuating the 
memory and spirit of the men who achieved American 
Independence; encouraging historical research in 
matters pertaining to the Revolutionary Period; aid- 
ing in the preservation of historical relics and docu- 
ments, and the records of individual services rendered 
by Revolutionary soldiers, seamen and patriots; pro- 
moting the celebration of all patriotic anniversaries; 
cherishing, maintaining, and extending the institutions 
of American freedom and fostering true patriotism and 
love of country; and have complied with the provisions 
of the statutes of this Commonwealth in such case 
made and provided, as appears from the certificate of 
the President, Treasurer, Secretary and Governors of 
said corporation, duly approved by the Commissioner 
of Corporations and recorded in this office: 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 13 

Now Therefore, I, Frank J. Donahue, Secretary of 
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby 
CERTIFY that said Horace H. Atherton, Jr., Web- 
ster Bruce, Luther Atwood, Charles J. H. Wood- 
bury, Henry F. Tapley, Charles H. Bangs, 
Frederic W. Perkins, Henry R. Mayo, C. Fred- 
eric Smith, Elmer E. Sanborn and Leon C. Ellis, 
their associates and successors, are legally organized 
and established as, and are hereby made, an existing 
corporation, under the name of the Old Essex Chap- 
ter, Sons of the American Revolution, Inc., with the 
powers, rights and privileges, and subject to the limi- 
tations, duties and restrictions, which by law appertain 
thereto. 

Witness my official signature here- 
unto subscribed, and the Great Seal of 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
(Seal) hereunto affixed, this fourth day of 

December, in the year of our Lord 
one thousand nine hundred and four- 
teen. 

FRANK J. DONAHUE, 

Secretary oj the Commonwealth. 



BY-LAWS 

OF OLD ESSEX CHAPTER, 
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Inc. 



ARTICLE I 

Officers 

The ofl&cers of the Chapter shall be a President, two 
Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, Chap- 
lain and an Advisory Committee of five, these twelve 
officers to constitute the Board of Governors. All the 
officers shall be elected at the annual meeting in each 
year and shall serve until their successors have been 
elected and accepted office. 

Any vacancy in any office may be filled for the resi- 
due of the term by the Board of Governors. 



ARTICLE II 

Duties of Officers 
Section 1. The President shall preside at all 
meetings of the Chapter and of the Board of Govern- 
ors. In the absence or disabiUty of the President, 
the senior Vice-President (and in his absence or disa- 
bility the junior Vice-President) may assume the 
powers and perform the duties of President. In case 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 15 

of the absence or disability of the President and Vice- 
Presidents the Board of Governors may designate one 
of its members to act as President pro tempore. 

Section 2. The Secretary shall keep the records of 
the Chapter, issue all notices of meetings, note the pro- 
ceedings and keep a record of the same. He shall have 
the custody of the corporate seal, which shall be of 
such form and bear such device as the Board of Gov- 
ernors may prescribe. He shall also have the custody 
of the records of the Chapter, and all papers, manu- 
scripts and documents belonging to the Chapter. He 
shall keep a register of the names and dates of election, 
transfer, resignation and death of all members. He 
shall notify each new member of his election. He 
shall prepare annually a statement of the condition of 
the Chapter and other matters of general interest 
which shall be read at the annual meeting. 

Section 3. The Treasurer shall collect and with 
the written approval of the President, or under direc- 
tion of the Board of Governors, disburse the funds of 
the Chapter. He shall keep an account of all receipts 
and expenditures, and shall make a full report at the 
annual meeting of receipts and disbursements of the 
preceding year with such suggestions as he shall deem 
appropriate. 

Section 4. The Historian shall keep a record of 
deceased members, with a biographical sketch of each 



16 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

deceased member, and at the annual meeting shall 
make a report of the members deceased during the 
preceding year and a biographical statement of such 
members. He shall endeavor to be present at all 
excursions of the Chapter and cause information to be 
given to the members regarding points of historical 
interest on such excursions. 

Section 5. The Board of Governors constituted as 
provided in Article I shall have the powers of Directors. 
They shall manage the affairs of the Chapter and to 
this end may exercise all its powers subject to the 
Articles of Association, Charter and By-Laws, and to 
such action as the Chapter may take at any meeting. 
They shall appoint from their own number such com- 
mittees as may be deemed desirable. They shall act 
upon all applications for membership, and the name of 
each applicant for membership after the first meeting 
of the Board shall be voted upon separately; three 
negative votes shall exclude any candidate. 

ARTICLE III 

Meetings 

The annual meeting of the Chapter for the election 
of officers and the transaction of such other business as 
may legally come before it shall be held in the month 
of April of each year on such date prior to April 19th 
as may be determined upon by the Board of Govern- 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 17 

nors. There shall be a regular meeting of the Chapter 
on or near the nineteenth day of October of each year. 

Special meetings of the Chapter shall be called upon 
written request of any fifteen members, or upon the 
vote of the Board of Governors. All meetings shall be 
held at a time and place designated by the Board of 
Governors. Elections of officers shall be by ballot. 
A majority of votes shall be required for election. 

Notice of every meeting shall be sent by mail to 
each member at least seven days prior to the date 
fixed for holding the same, and shall state the time and 
place of the meeting. 

Twenty persons present in person shall constitute a 
quorum at any meeting. No vote by proxy shall be 
allowed. 

A meeting of the Board of Governors shall be held 
early in the month of April of each year, and at such 
other times as the interests of the Chapter may require, 
either at the call of the President or at the request of 
three members of the Board. Five members of the 
Board present in person shall constitute a quorum. 

ARTICLE IV 

Membership 

Any male resident of Lynn or vicinity over twenty- 
one years of age and a member of the Massachusetts 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, being 
a descendant of an ancestor who with unfaihng loyalty 



18 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

rendered material aid to the cause of American Inde- 
pendence as a soldier, seaman or recognized patriot 
may become a member of the Chapter upon election 
by the Board of Governors. 

A member may be dropped from the register upon 
recommendation of the Board of Governors and a 
two-thirds vote of the members of the Chapter present 
and voting. 

Resignations must be in writing and the Board of 
Governors shall act upon every resignation, but none 
shall be accepted unless the member resigning is free 
from indebtedness to the Chapter. 

ARTICLE V 

Dues 
The annual dues from each member shall be one 
dollar payable in advance. Any member failing to 
pay his annual dues for two consecutive years shall 
forfeit his membership upon vote of the Board of 
Governors. 

ARTICLE VI 

Auditing Committee 
The Board of Governors shall annually at their 
meeting early in April appoint an Auditing Committee 
of two who shall audit the accounts of the Treasurer 
and report thereon in writing at the annual meeting 
of the Chapter. 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 19 

ARTICLE VII 

Amendment of By-Laws 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed 
by vote of not less than three-fourths of the members 
present at any meeting of the Chapter, provided due 
notice of the general nature of the proposed action in 
that regard has been given in the call for the meeting. 



THE NATIONAL AND STATE 
ORGANIZATION 



THE first of the centenary anniversaries of the 
events connected with the American Revolution 
occurred in 1875. In October of that year, in San 
Francisco, the first of the Revolutionary Societies was 
organized under the title of the ''Sons of Revolution- 
ary Sires." For many years this local society held 
various public patriotic and literary meetings. These 
proceedings were published in pamphlet form and 
distributed throughout the country. 

On April 19th, 1889, the Massachusetts Society of 
the Sons of the American Revolution was organized. 

On April 30th, 1889, in the old historic ''Long 
Room" of Faunces' Tavern in New York was organ- 
ized the National Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution. At this meeting, delegates from thirteen 
States were present. The qualifications for member- 
ship were based upon lineal descent from a patriot of 
the American Revolution. 

The National Society through a special act of 
Congress, was incorporated June 9th, 1906. 



PURPOSE OF THE SOCIETY 



"To perpetuate the memory of the patriotic men 
and women from whom we are descended, who, by 
their services and sacrifices, achieved American Inde- 
pendence; to promote fellowship among their descend- 
ants; to promote and assist the proper celebration of 
patriotic anniversaries; to encourage historical re- 
search in relation to the American Revolution; to 
collect and secure for preservation books, records, 
documents, relics and memorials of that war; and by 
these and other means to impress upon the present 
and future generations the patriotic spirit which 
actuated our ancestors, to the end that ' Government 
of the people, by the people, and for the people shall 
not perish from the earth. ' " 

The Society preserves for future generations the 
ancestry of its members back to the period of the 
Revolution. 

The Society is non-secret, non-poHtical, non-partisan, 
non-sectarian. 



MEMBERSHIP 



Any man shall be eligible to membership in the 
Society who, being of the age of twenty-one years or 
over, and a citizen of good repute in the community, is 
the lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all 
times unfailing in his loyalty to, and rendered active 
service in, the cause of American Independence, either 
as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman or 
minute man, in the armed forces of the Continental 
Congress, or of any one of the several Colonies or 
States, or as a signer of the Declaration of Indepen- 
dence; or as a member of a Committee of Safety or 
Correspondence; or as a member of any Continental, 
Provincial, or Colonial Congress or Legislature; or 
as a recognized patriot who performed actual service 
by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great 
Britain. 

Reasons for Membership 

It teaches patriotism and good citizenship. 

It is a practical way of honoring our patriotic fore- 
fathers. 

It preserves for future generations a line of ancestors 
of members back to the period of the Revolution. 

The Society encourages continued public interest in 
the men and events of the American Revolution. 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 23 

By a wide distribution of leaflets, printed in fifteen 
different languages, distributed for use in night schools 
throughout the country, which are largely attended by 
adult aliens, it teaches the millions of aliens in the 
United States what the Nation stands for, what it 
means for them to become a part of the body politic 
and to participate in the duties and responsibilities of 
active citizens. 



"The man who feels no sentiment of veneration for 
the memory of his forefathers, who has no natural 
regard for his ancestors, or his kindred, is himself 
unworthy of kindred regard or remembrance." 

Daniel Webster. 



" Planted in barren ground, anarchism grows only 
feebly; but in this country the eternal criticism of and 
assault upon every respectable and historic institution 
of the republic, often by men in highest position, has 
furnished the cult a fertile soil in which to propagate." 

Detroit Free Press. 



GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE 
NATIONAL SOCIETY 



1914-1915 

President-General 
Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston, Louisville, Ky. 

Vice-Presidents-General 

Commander John H. Moore 

U.S.N. (Ret.) Washington, D.C. 

Alvin M. Woolson, Toledo, Ohio 

Herman W. Fernberger, Philadelphia, Penn. 

William K. Boardman, Nashville, Tenn. 

Lt.-Col. M. W. Wood, U.S.A. (Ret.) Boise, Ida. 

Secretary -General and Registrar-General 

A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution, 

Washington, D.C. 

Treasurer-General 
John H. Burroughs, 15 William St., New York City 

Historian-General 
David L. Pierson, 21 Washington St., E. Orange, N.J. 

Chaplain-General 
Rev. William Force Whitaker, D.D., Elizabeth, N.J 



OFFICERS OF MASSACHUSETTS 
STATE SOCIETY 



1914-1915 

President 
Luther Atwood 

Vice-Presidents 
Frank Ernest Woodward 
Vernon Ashley Field 
John MacDuffie, Ph. D. 

Secretary and Registrar 
Herbert Wood Kimball 

Treasurer 
Charles Montraville Green, M.D. 

Historian 
Brig.-Gen. Philip Reade, U.S.A. (Ret.) 

Chaplain 
Rev. Lewis Wilder Hicks 



MANAGERS STATE SOCIETY 

1914-1915 

James Charles Peabody 
Joseph Edward Pierson 
Waldo Eli as Boardman 
Herbert Charles Taft 
Horace Perry Williams 
Charles Greenough Chick 
Arthur French Clarke 
Walter Silvanus Fox 
Frank Rumrill 
Walter Kendall Watkins 
Webster Bruce 

Elmer Humphrey Copeland, M.D. 
Philip Tillinghast Nickerson 
Charles French Read 
Lawrence Waters Jenkins 



OFFICERS OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 



1915-1916 

President 
Arthur Wellington Pinkham 

First Vice-President 
Charles Jeptha Hill Woodbury, Sc. D. 

Second Vice-President 
Henry Fuller Tapley 

Secretary 
Luther Atwood 

Treasurer 
Webster Bruce 

Historian 
Charles Howard Bangs, M.D. 

Chaplain 
Rev. Frederic Williams Perkins, D.D. 

Advisory Committee 
George Everett Sprague Henry Rogers Mayo 

Charles Frederic Smith 
Elmer Ellsworth Sanborn Leon Clifton Ellis 



OFFICERS OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

For the Years 1896-97 to 1914-15 

Presidents 

Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge 1896-1907 

Hon. Nathan Mortimer Hawkes 1907-1910 

Hon. Horace Hale Atherton, Jr 1910-1915 

Arthur Wellington Pinkham 1915- 

Vice-Presidents 

Hon. Rufus Kimball 1896-1903 

George Henry Rich 1896-1897 

Capt. John Lord Parker 1903-1904 

Edward Franklin Bacheller 1903-1906 

Hon. Nathan Mortimer Hawkes 1904-1907 

George Spencer Bliss 1906-1909 

Henry Fuller Tapley 1907- 

HoN. Horace Hale Atherton, Jr 1909-1910 

Charles Jeptha Hill Woodbury, Sc.D. . 1910- 

Secretaries 

Hon. Howard Kendall Sanderson 1896-1904 

Richard Johnson Nichols 1905-1906 

Luther Atwood 1906- 

Treasurers 

Frank Lyman Earl 1896-1903 

Fred Isaac Hopkins 1903-1906 

Webster Bruce 1906- 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 29 

Registrars 

Richard Johnson Nichols 1896-1905 

Charles Henry Chase 1905-1906 

(The office of Registrar was combined with that of Secretary 
May 10, 1906, and abolished altogether April 16, 1909.) 

Historians 

Capt. Lord John Parker 1896-1903 

Charles Henry Chase 1906-1907 

Hon. Horace Hale Atherton, Jr 1907-1909 

Charles Howard Bangs, M.D 1909- 

Chaplains 
Rev. Frederic Williams Perkins, D.D. . 1914- 



PAST OFFICERS OF STATE SOCIETY 

MEMBERS OF OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

Presidents 

Hon. Edward Clarence Battis 1908-1910 

Luther Atwood 1913-1915 

Vice-Presidents 

Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge 1892-1899 

Hon. Edward Clarence Battis 1905-1908 

Luther Atwood 1910-1913 

Webster Bruce 1915- 

Eistorians 
Philip Reade, Brig.-Gen. U.S.A. (Ret.) . . . 1909- 

Board of Managers 

Hon. Howard Kendall Sanderson 1899-1902 

Webster Bruce 1903-1906, 1912-1915 

Capt. John Lord Parker 1904-1907 

Luther Atwood 1907-1910 

George Sidney Macfarlane 1909-1912 

Color Guards 

Capt. Joshua Atwood 1913-1914 

Major James William Horace Myrick .1914- 



THE INSIGNIA 




The Badge 

Obverse: A gold cross of four arms and eight points, 
of the same size as the Chevalier's Cross of the French 
Legion of Honor, with white enamelled arms. In the 
centre is a gold medallion bust of George Washington 
in profile, surrounded by a ribbon in blue enamel, on 
which is the motto of the Society in gold letters, 
"Libertas et Patria." Between the medallion and the 
points of the cross is a laurel wreath. 

Reverse: Like the obverse; the medallion, however, 
has the figure of a minute-man, surrounded by a ribbon 
in blue enamel, containing in gold letters the words, 
''Sons of the American Revolution." The cross is 
surrounded by an eagle in gold, suspended by a silk 
ribbon of blue, white and buff. 



32 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

The cross is a reproduction of the emblem of the 
French Order of St. Louis, with certain changes, and 
was adopted to commemorate the assistance given the 
the Colonies by Louis XVI, Grand Master of that 
order. The medallion, containing the head of Wash- 
ington and the figure of the minute-man, is fitly placed 
upon a cross of such an origin and associations. 

The insignia is only to be worn on ceremonial 
occasions. 

By authority of Congress, the officers and men of 
the United States Army and Navy may wear the 
insignia "on occasions of ceremony." 



CHAPTER SEAL 




History of Chapter Seal 

The above represents the corporate seal of Old 
Essex Chapter, S.A.R., Inc., of Lynn, which has the 
distinction of being the first chapter in the United 
States to be incorporated. 

The central figure is C. A. Lawrence's conception of 
Abednego Ramsdell, the first Lynn soldier killed in 
the Revolutionary War. The model who stood for the 
picture posed with the Revolutionary flintlock of 



34 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

Daniel Townsend, another Lynn man who was killed 
in the Revolution. 

Tradition records that Abednego Ramsdell was 
shooting ducks on the Lynn beach when he heard the 
alarm of April 19, 1775. He dropped the ducks he had 
killed, and, shouldering his long gun, started for the 
scene of battle, and was observed running up Lynn 
Common. Later he was reported as seen running at full 
speed by a woman whose house he passed. She said 
that Abednego's hose had slipped from his trouser 
bands, or garters, and were fallen about his ankles. 
Having a presentiment of his doom, she warned him to 
give up. Needless to say, he scorned this advice, 
waved his hand in farewell, and was soon out of sight 
along the Boston road. He was shot almost as soon 
as he arrived on the scene of the retreat of the British 
from Lexington. 



Note ; Full credit for the original conception of this seal is here accorded 
to Hon. Nathan Mortimer Hawkes, a former President of the Chapter. 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 35 

LIST OF MEMBERS 

Chapter 
No. 

229 Abbott, Frederic Bassett 

289 Adams, Florus Farnham 

32 Allen, George Harrison 

266 Alley, Gustavus Everett 

49 Ames, George Frederick 

35 Atherton, Hon. Horace Hale, Jr. 

231 Atherton, Dr. Laurence George 

287 Atkinson, Fred Leslie 

210 Atkins, Frank Wilbur 

52 Attwill, Louis Hulen 

226 Atwood, Captain Joshua 
31 Atwood, Luther 

141 Babb, Ralph Warren 

119 Babb, Walter Preston 

248 Bacheller, Charles Mansfield 

22 Bacheller, Edward Franklin 

90 Baker, Harry Mudge 

157 Bangs, Charles Howard, M.D. 

132 Barker, Arthur Wesley 

252 Barnes, James Edgar 

160 Batchelder, Elmer Greenleaf 

44 Batchelder, George Hill 

258 Bates, William Herbert 

227 Battis, Hon. Edward Clarence 
57 Bauer, Rudolph Sherman 

140 Beardsell, George Richardson 



36 old essex chapter 

135 Belcher, William Francis 

93 Berry, Henry Newhall 

221 Black, Albert Shirley 

107 Black, Everett Hudson 

249 Blair, Orrin Curtis, M.D. 

16 Bliss, George Spencer 

185 Blood, Arthur Josiah 

186 Blood, Charles Otis 
184 Blood, Lillebridge King 
303 Bowen, Herbert Ashley 
278 Bowers, Alphonzo Benjamin 
204 Bramhall, Frederick Eldridge 

55 Breed, Charles Norcross 

269 Breed, Edward Everett 

193 Breed, Francis Stewart 

150 Breed, George Herbert 

241 Breed, George Herschel 

240 Breed, Melville 

106 Breed, Nathaniel Pope, M.D. 

233 Breed, Samuel Oliver 

299 Breed, Warren Mudge 

30 Brown, Charles Albert 

214 Brown, Colonel Harry Lamprey 

255 Brown, Lawrence Everett 

28 Bruce, Webster 

284 BuRDETT, James Edwin 

68 BuRRiLL, Harrison Parrott 

66 Burrows, Charles Irving 

263 Byers, Albert Hunter Parks 



sons of american revolution 37 

300 Cahoon, Herbert Ames 

74 Carr, George Byron, M.D. 

54 Chase, Charles Henry 

128 Chase, Mial Woodbury 

235 Clendenin, John Calvin 

285 Clough, Micajah Pratt, Jr. 

272 CoATES, George Edward 

281 CoATES, Joseph White 

24 Cobb, Carolus Melville, M.D. 

268 Cobb, Charles Maxfield 

274 Cobb, Guy Oliver 

270 CoLBURN, Clifton 

117 Collins, Charles Alexander 

144 Collins, George Jaques 

43 CoMEY, Captain Henry Newton 

202 Creamer, Walter Howard 

116 Creighton, Albert Morton 

122 Crocker, Lewis Cass 

251 Cross, Charles Alfred 

104 CusHMAN, John Souther 

113 DoAK, Albert Clarence 

212 Dodge, Elmer Addison 

218 DoRMAN, William Edwin 

294 Dow, Frederick Warren 

290 Durgin, Walter Norwood 

99 Edson, John Francis 

142 Ellis, Leon Clifton 

276 Emerson, Earl Frank Hilton 

217 Felt, Charles Freeman 



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215 Felt, William Henry 

279 Ford, Gilbert Thomas 

200 Foster, Albert Goodwin 

190 Garney, Henry 

19 Gowen, Howard Earl 

191 Graham, Frederick Webster 
161 Graham, George Herbert 

264 Green, Dr. Arthur Wardwell 

102 Grover, Lyndon Vassar 
203 Hall, Walter Atwood 

160 Hastings, Charles Houghton 

206 Hastings, Wilmot Reed 

256 Hathaway, Captain Josiah 

42 Hawkes, Hon. Nathan Mortimer 

85 HiLLiARD, Frank 

98 HiLLiARD, Louis Everett 

47 Hilton, Winthrop Atkinson 

159 Hodgdon, Charles Ellsworth 

167 Hodges, William Horton 

201 HoiTT, Charles Lewis, M.D. 
17 Hopkins, Fred Isaac 

292 Hopkins, William Thorpe, M.D. 

105 Houghton, George Euclid 

29 Houghton, William Everett 

109 Hunt, Clarence Nathaniel Poor 

163 Ingalls, James Frederick 

177 Jaques, Rupert Ward 

50 Johnson, Benjamin Newhall 

103 Johnson, Charles Hudson 



sons of american revolution 39 

60 Johnson, Melville Edward 

75 Keene, Paul Munroe 

261 Keene, William Gerry 

222 Kelley, Henry Morris 

230 Kimball, Fred Nelson 

194 Kimball, Louis Henry 

250 KiRKPATRiCK, George Holland, M.D. 

149 Lane, George Everett 

280 Lash, David Chapman 

183 Leighton, Charles 

64 LiBBEY, Ellery Channing 

220 Little, Alexander Elbridge 

237 Little, Harland Goodwin 

1 Lodge, Hon. Henry Cabot 

20 Lowe, Major Alonzo Woodbury 

73 Lowe, Harry Granville 

59 Macfarlane, George Sidney 

257 Macomber, Walter Herbert 

46 Mansfield, Charles Henry 

89 Marden, Wilmot Leighton, M.D. 

56 Martin, Hon. George Henry 

120 Martin, John Brayton, M.D. 

162 Mathes, Roy Wentworth, M.D. 

84 Mayo, Henry Rogers 

175 Merritt, John Reuben 

63 Merritt, Ralph Davis 

18 Mills, Henry James 

273 Morrow, Dr. Vernon Grandville 

153 Murray, Charles Sumner 



40 old essex chapter 

145 Murray, Horace Williamson 

143 Murray, James Warren 

110 Myrick, Everett Marshall 

286 Myrick, Major James William Horace 

78 Newhall, Arthur Edward 
141 Newhall, Hon. Asa Tarbell 

295 Newhall, Edward Beaumont 

165 Newhall, Edwin Leonidas 
207 Newhall, Frederick Howard 

166 Newhall, Hon. George Henry 
244 Newhall, Guy 

298 Newhall, Herbert William, M.D. 

58 Newhall, Israel Augustus 

53 Newhall, James Silver 

79 Newhall, Terry Arden 
293 Nichols, Fred Hammond 

4 Nichols, Richard Johnson 

297 Nichols, Thomas Attwill 

196 NiCKERSON, George Elwin 

291 NoRRis, Benjamin Bertram 

134 Northrop, Edwin Nathaniel 

242 Northrop, Harry Clifford 

296 Odlin, James Edwin 
147 OsBORN, John Hanson 

164 Parcher, George Clarence, M.D. 

3 Parker, Captain John Lord 

302 Parsons, Starr 

97 Peach, Frederick Coffin 

243 Pedrick, Thomas Franklin 



sons of american revolution 41 

271 Perkins, Rev. Frederic Williams, D.D. 

131 PiLLSBURY, George Edward 

80 PiNKHAM, Arthur Wellington 

136 Raddin, Joseph Arthur 

260 Reade, Brig. Gen'l Philip 

176 Reynolds, Herbert Walpole 

179 Richardson, Henry Herbert 

234 Ricker, Homer Dean 

197 Salomons, William Edwin 

208 Sanborn, Charles Sidney 
181 Sanborn, Elmer Ellsworth 
213 Sanborn, Philip Asa 

209 Sanborn, Ralph Roscoe 

238 Sanderson, Kendall Ainsworth 

275 Schley, William Sullivan, M.D. 

133 Shirley, Arthur Hathaway 

224 Smith, Charles Frederic 

124 Spalding, Willard Floyd 
288 Spindell, Isaiah Freeman 

277 Spindell, Louis Freeman Pierce 

125 Spinney, Benjamin Franklin 

126 Spinney, Frank Caswell 
111 Sprague, Charles Francis 

94 Sprague, George Everett 

48 Sprague, Henry Breed 

225 Spurr, Wake Bryarly 
301 Stevens, Elisha Morse 

158 Stevens, John Florence Clothey 

127 Story, John Ruddock 



42 old essex chapter 

39 Tapley, Henry Fuller 

154 Tebbetts, Theodore Charles 

182 Thompson, Leon Ernest 

259 Titus, Isaac Walton 

262 Tripp, Burton Ashburton 

81 Tripp, Thaxter Norton 

101 Tucker, Charles Hanson 

121 ViETS, James Rollin 

65 Wadleigh, Arthur Gould 

70 Warner, Captain John Gerry 

130 Warner, Stewart Gerry 

112 White, Charles Elmer 

26 Wilson, Leon Eugene 

198 WiNSLOW, Louis Martin 

96 Wires, William Marshall, Jr. 

267 Wood, Henry Leander 

254 Woodard, Fred Merton 

168 Woodbury, Charles Jeptha Hill, Sc. D. 

151 Woodbury, Wilbur Larkin 

189 Wright, John Bertram 

92 Wyman, Louis Augustus 

Honorary Members 

172 GooDE, John Paul, Ph. D Chicago, Illinois 

283 Lemon, Edward Prescott, Wayside Inn, Sudbury 

282 Lemon, Edward Rivers . . Wayside Inn, Sudbury 

239 SHATTUCK, AMERICA (Real son), 

b. July 7, 1835. Son of Private Abraham Shat- 

tuck, 1759-1841. 

171 Takatsugi, Narazo Hiogo, Japan 



MEMBERS 



MEMBERS 



MEMBERS 



MEMBERS 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 43- 



Former Members Who by Death or Resignation 
Have Ceased to be Members 

Date of 

Allen, George Carleton Fenton 
Attwill, Alfred Mudge 

BoDWELL, George Allen Nov. 6, 1908 

Blood, Arthur Kimball 
Badger, Carl Von 

Breed, Charles Orrin Nov. 15, 1910 

Burrows, Joseph Egbert May 19, 1906 

Breed, Hon. Arthur Burrill Jan. 25, 1910 

Burgess, George Spinney 

Berry, Frank Edward June 11, 1914 

Currier, Frank Josselyn 
Davis, John Morton 

DoNALLAN, John Edward Oct. 28, 1908 

Earl, Frank Lyman 

Galloupe, Isaac Francis, M.D May 17, 1909 

GoLDTHWAiT, Edward Onville April 16, 1914 

Green, Charles Maxwell 

Hayes, Hon. Elihu Burritt April 1, 1909 

Hawkes, Adam Augustus 

Haskins, Caryl Davis Nov. 18, 1911 

Haywood, George William, M.D. 
Hutchinson, James Abbott 

Ingalls, Jerome Jan. 25, 1915 

Johnson, Walter Whitney 

Johnson, Asa Justus March, 4, 1915 



44 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

Date of decease 

Johnson, Luther Scott June 21, 1914 

Kimball, Hon. Rufus Feb. 26, 1914 

Kimball, Nelson Winslow Nov. 18, 1912 

Leland, George Irving May 16, 1912 

LovEjoY, Charles Foster 
LuMMUs, Hon. Henry Tilton 

Manchester, Theodore Alonzo Jan. 8, 1914 

Marsh, James Morrill July 7, 1913 

Merritt, Walter Howard 

MuDGE, Dr. Arthur Bartlett Dec. 26, 1910 

Newhall, Charles Henry April 22, 1908 

Newhall, Harvey Field, M.D. 

Newhall, Howard Mudge Dec. 25, 1908 

Nichols, Melville Shephard 
OsBORN, George Teel 
Palmer, Frank Wesley 
Parker, Horace Rowell 

Peirce, Charles Francis Feb. 18, 1910 

Phillips, Edward Irving 
Ramsdell, Robert Erwin 

Rich, George Henry March 19, 1899 

Rogers, Hamilton Everett 

Rogers, Henry Warren Jan. 28, 1914 

Spalding, Rollin Aaron July 18, 1912 

Sanderson, Hon. Howard Kendall . . Dec. 14, 1904 
Smith, Sidney Fuller 

Smith, Joseph Newhall Dec. 19, 1912 

Todd, Edward Nelson 
Todd, Herbert Edgar 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 45 

Honorary Member 

DOYLE, HENRY LEAMAN (real son) 

h. June 6, 1828; d. Oct. 2, 1911. 
Son of Private Thomas Doyle, 1744-1840. 



CHRONICLES OF THE 
CHAPTER 

February 25, 1896. 

The preliminary meeting of the Chapter was 
held in the rooms of the Lynn Mutual Fire Insurance 
Co., with Compatriots Rufus Kimball, Richard John- 
son Nichols, Edward Nelson Todd, Capt. John Lord 
Parker, George Henry Rich, Frank Lyman Earl and 
Howard Kendall Sanderson in attendance. Capt. 
John Lord Parker read the Charter, which had been 
issued by the Massachusetts State Society on Feb. 7, 
1896. It was voted to change the name of the organi- 
zation from "Colonel John Mansfield Chapter," under 
which name the Charter had been issued, to "Old 
Essex Chapter." A committee was appointed to 
draw up a constitution and by-laws, and the draft as 
presented by said committee was subsequently adopted. 
The following officers were chosen: 

President, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, 
1st Vice-President, Rufus Kimball, 
2d Vice-President, George Henry Rich, 
Secretary, Howard Kendall Sanderson, 
Treasurer, Frank Lyman Earl, 
Registrar, Richard Johnson Nichols, 
Historian, Capt. John Lord Parker. 



sons of american revolution 47 

April 18, 1896. 

Compatriot George Henry Rich read a paper 
*'0n the part taken by his ancestors in the War for 
Independence." Said paper was ordered to be printed 
in the Lynn Item. 

June 16, 1896. 

A meeting was held at the residence of Capt. 
John Lord Parker, at which papers were read by 
Compatriots Capt. John Lord Parker, Rufus Kimball, 
Dr. Isaac Francis Galloupe and Richard Johnson 
Nichols. 

A committee consisting of Compatriots Capt. John 
Lord Parker, Frank Lyman Earl and Dr. Arthur 
Bartlett Mudge was appointed to locate the graves of 
Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Lynn. 

February 23, 1897. 

A meeting was held at the residence of Dr- 
Isaac Francis Galloupe. The Secretary was author- 
ized to arrange for a Field Day at Lexington. Dr. 
Galloupe read a paper on ^'The early Indian troubles 
in New England." 

The Chapter seems to have been in a dormant state 
from Feb. 23, 1897 to Feb. 11, 1903, since there were 
no records of any intermediate meetings. The mem- 
bership prior to the latter date, as far as can be ascer- 
tained, was fifteen. 



48 old essex chapter 

February 11, 1903. 

A meeting of the Chapter for the purpose of 
reorganizing was held in the rooms of the Lynn His- 
torical Society. 

The following officers were chosen: 

President, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, 

1st Vice-President, Capt. John Lord Parker, 

2d Vice-President, Edward Franklin Bacheller, 

Secretary, Hon. Howard Kendall Sanderson, 

Treasurer, Fred Isaac Hopkins, 

Registrar, Richard Johnson Nichols. 

At this meeting, twenty new members were elected, 
due to the activity and zeal of Secretary Sanderson. 

It was voted to petition the City Council for an 
appropriation for the purpose of providing markers for 
the graves of Lynn's Revolutionary soldiers, and it 
was also voted to hold a Field Day during the coming 
summer for the purpose of marking said graves. 

April 1, 1903. 

A meeting was held in rooms of the Lynn Histori- 
cal Society. Dr. Francis Henry Brown, the President 
of the State Society, paid the Chapter an official visit. 
The Secretary reported that orders had been placed 
with the War Department for 103 markers which the 
government furnishes f.o.b. to designate the authen- 
ticated graves of soldiers in the various wars since the 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 49 

separation from the mother country. These markers 
for an equal number of Lynn's Revolutionary dead 
were to be ready in time for the proposed Field Day 
for which the arrangements were well under way. 

It was voted to petition the Cemetery Commission- 
ers to close the Ash St. entrance to the old Western 
Burying-ground, inasmuch as the use of this hallowed 
spot as a playground by the boys of the neighborhood 
had become too common. 

May 23, 1903. 

The annual meeting was held in the Old Tunnel 
Meeting House with the President Hon. Henry Cabot 
Lodge in the chair. 

It was voted to hold the Field Day on the 4th of 
July next and to invite the City Government to co- 
operate with the Chapter in the exercises of dedicating 
the markers in the old Western Burying-ground, for 
which the City Council had made a generous appropri- 
ation. His Honor, Henry Wilson Eastham, the Mayor, 
was present, and guaranteed the co-operation of the 
City Government in the work of the Chapter. 

Compatriot Hon. Nathan Mortimer Hawkes gave a 
most interesting sketch of the "Old Tunnel Meeting 
House." 

March 15, 1904. 

A meeting was held in the rooms of the Lynn 
Historical Society. Inasmuch as the plan of holding 



50 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

the proposed Field Day on the 4th of July, 1903, could 
not be carried out, it was voted to hold said function 
on the 17th of June next, and to invite the co-opera- 
tion of the Lynn Historical Society. A committee 
consisting of Compatriots Sanderson, Bliss, Brown, 
Comey and Mudge was appointed with full powers to 
arrange for the proposed Field Day. 

April 18, 1904. 

The Annual Meeting was held at the residence 
of the Secretary, Hon. Howard Kendall Sanderson. 
The report of the Secretary which was submitted 
showed that through the efforts of Old Essex Chapter 
there had been placed in position, during the year, 
185 markers and 123 gravestones to designate the 
graves of Revolutionary soldiers in Lynn. 

The following officers were elected: — 
President^ Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, 
1st Vice-President, Capt. John Lord Parker, 
2d Vice-President, Hon. Nathan Mortimer Hawkes, 
Secretary, Hon. Howard Kendall Sanderson, 
Treasurer, Fred Isaac Hopkins, 
Registrar, Richard Johnson Nichols. 

The host of the evening exhibited his valuable 
collection of autographs, which included almost all of 
the signers of the Declaration of Independence. 



...®rbpr nf ^xermta 



Revolutionary Day. 




TUNN-KL ]\ri:i.JTiN'rj Ilot'-il 



First Congregational Church, Lynn, JUNE 17, 1904 



HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF 



Old Essex Chapter, S,A*R» and Lynn Historical Society 

SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION 
FROM THE TOWN OF LYNN 

Sping tijr arsti? AnnthprBarg of tijr ^pttlm^ttt of Ugntu 



52 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

ORDER OF EXERCISES 



Presiding Officer 

Benjamin Newhall Johnson, Esq., President of the 

Lynn Historical Society 
(Great-great Grandson of Lieut. Harris Chadwell, of Lynn.) 

Invocation 

Rev. William Rice Newhall, D.D., President Wes- 
leyan Academy, Wilbraham 

Singing 

"Long Live, Long Live America" W.H. Pontius 

Children or Public Schools, Led by 

Prof. James Edward Aborn 

(Great Grandson of Sergt. James Aborn) 

Reading of Muster Roll of Capt. Ezra NewhalVs 

Lynn Company 

Which was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill 

James Faxon, of Salem (Son of Fifer James Faxon) 

Song 
''The Sword of Bunker Hill" .... Robert Bruce 

(Great Grandson of Private John Gilbert, Great-great Grand- 
son of Lieut. Martin Chapin and Private James Pease) 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 53 

ORDER OF EXERCISES— Continued 



Historical Address and Presentation of Monuments and 

Markers to the City of Lynn 

Hon. Howard Kendall Sanderson 

(Great-great Grandson of Privates Moses Ainsworth [wounded 

at Bunker Hill], Jacob Sanderson, and Jonathan Kendall) 

Acceptance for the City 
Hon. Henry Wilson Eastham Mayor of Lynn 

Singing f with Flag Accompaniment 

"The Battle Cry of Freedom" George F. Root 

Children of Public Schools 

Address 

Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, President Old Essex 

Chapter, S.A.R. 

(Great Grandson of George Cabot [Secretary of Navy under 
George Washington], and Capt. John Langdon) 

Song 

"Star Spangled Banner" Francis Scott Key 

Mrs. Lucy Chandler Pillsbury 



54 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

ORDER OF EXERCISES— Continued 



Salute to the Flag by Children 

The Flag will be Borne by Mrs. Nancy Hartwell 
McKenney 

(Mrs. McKenney's father, Oliver Hartwell, of Groton, was 
wounded in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and was a personal 
acquaintance of George Washington) 

Singing 

" Festival Song" Mozart 

Children of Public Schools 

Singing 

** America" Samuel F. Smith 

Audience 

Benediction 

Rev. George William Owen, Pastor First Congre- 
gational Church 



sons of ameeican revolution 55 

March 20, 1905. 

A special meeting was held in the rooms of the 
Lynn Historical Society to consider the proposition of 
suitably marking the graves of the Revolutionary 
soldiers in Lynnfield and Saugus, and a committee was 
appointed to make the preliminary arrangements. 

A committee was appointed to draft suitable resolu- 
tions on the death of Hon. Howard Kendall Sanderson, 
late Secretary of Old Essex Chapter. 

April 18, 1905. 

The Annual Meeting was held at the camp of Com- 
patriots Carolus Melville Cobb, M.D., and George Spen- 
cer Bliss, situated on the shores of Sluice Pond. At 
this time and place the first ^^ steak dinner^' in the his- 
tory of the Chapter was served. That this was a 
popular innovation was proved by the subsequent 
increase of membership. 

The committee on marking the graves of the soldiers 
buried in Saugus and Lynnfield presented the report — 

{a) ''The Selectmen of Saugus request that the 
proposition as it affects that town be deferred for a 
year." 

{h) "The authorities and people of Lynnfield are 
enthusiastically in favor of the project and are anxious 
to do all that they can to make the function a success." 

The Chapter therefore voted to hold the dedicatory 
exercises at Lynnfield on the 17th of June next; 



56 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

appointed a committee to carry out this plan; and 
voted to invite the Lynn Historical Society and the 
Chapter of the Third Plantation, D.R. to co-oper- 
ate. 

The officers of the previous year were severally 
re-elected. 

The committee appointed to draft suitable resolu- 
tions on the death of Compatriot Sanderson, reported: 

"In the death of our late Secretary, Howard Ken- 
dall Sanderson, Old Essex Chapter has suffered a 
serious loss. A charter member of our organization, 
an enthusiast on all matters relating to the Revolu- 
tionary period, an earnest student of American history, 
a tireless collector and careful compiler of facts that 
will enrich our annals, a leader in the movement to 
assemble and preserve the names of the sons of Lynn 
who fought in the patriot army, and permanently to 
mark their graves, he fairly earned the right to the 
high and honorable title of ^^ patriotic citizen.'" 

We miss him from our councils; we regret that we 
can no longer hear his cheerful voice; that no more 
shall we have his bright example of earnest endeavor 
to preserve the record of the deeds of the fathers of our 
country; that we have lost his valuable assistance at a 
time when it was needed rightly to complete the work 
he had so well begun. 

"We recognize his rare accomplishments in other 
lines of endeavor, and record our appreciation of his 
eminent ability and his usefulness as a public servant, 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 57 

a good neighbor, a faithful friend, and a lover of his 
country. 

''Resolved: That Old Essex Chapter, Sons of the 
American Revolution, tender to the family of our 
departed compatriot our sincerest sympathy, and 
share with them the sorrow which his loss has caused." 

(Signed) JOHN L. PARKER 

WEBSTER BRUCE > Committee 
LEON E. WILSON 

It seems fitting here to make some further mention 
of Compatriot Sanderson, who, by virtue of his ability 
and activity, was one of Lynn's most prominent men. 

He died Dec. 14, 1904, at the early age of thirty- 
nine years, but the span of life allotted to him had 
been crowned with achievement. His interests were 
many and varied. He had served his city for four and 
one-half years as postmaster, and had represented it 
with great credit in both branches of the State Legis- 
lature. He had been the most active agent in organ- 
izing Old Essex Chapter and had been its Secretary 
and controlling spirit from its organization until his 
death. Through his efforts, the National Congress 
had enacted the law authorizing the marking with 
headstones to be furnished by the War Department of 
the authenticated graves of Revolutionary soldiers. 
Largely owing to his activity and zeal, the graves of 
196 Revolutionary soldiers buried in Lynn, Lynnfield, 



58 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

and Saugus were located and suitably marked with 
government headstones and the official markers of the 
S.A.R., and thus Lynn may boast of having within her 
original territory a larger number of these markers 
than any city in the United States. 

His most notable work, however, was the publica- 
tion in two handsome volumes of ''Lynn in the Revo- 
lution" which contains a biographical sketch of 483 
of the sons of Lynn who served in the Revolutionary 
War. This work was not fully completed at the time 
of his death, but it was so far advanced and its scope 
was so well determined that it could in due time be 
published by his widow. 



LYNNFIELD REVOLUTIONARY MEMO- 
RIAL SERVICES 



PROGRAM OF EXERCISES 
June 17, 1905. 

N. B. — Assemble at the Old Meeting House 
(built in 1714), at two o'clock 

Rutherford E. Smith, Esq., Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Arrangements 

Address of Welcome . . . Eben Parsons, Esq. 

Reply .... Benjamin N. Johnson, Esq. 
President of Lynn Historical Society 

Adjourn to the Old Cemetery 

Prayer .... Rev. William E. Renshaw, 
of the Lynnfield Congregational Church 

Singing . . . . . .By the Children 

Presentation of the Stones, Markers and Flags 

Captain John L. Parker 

of Old Essex Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution 

Acceptance 
By One of The Selectmen of Lynnfield 

Placing the Flags By the Children 

{Program continued on next page.) 



60 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

PROGRAM OF EXERCISES— Continued 



Singing By the Children 

''Taps'' 

Sounded by Bugler James Faxon, of Salem, son of 
a Revolutionary Soldier 

Meeting in the Town Hall 

Music, "Souvenir de Sorrento," . . Violin and Piano 

Roll Call of the Lynnfield Company 

By Captain Henry N. Comey, of Old Essex Chapter, 
S.A.R. 

Singing By the Children 

Historical Address . . Hon. Nathan M. Hawkes 

Solo 
"The Land of Washington" Miss Isabelle F. Verne 

Short Addresses .... Invited Guests 

''God Save the King'' Mrs. D'Arcey and Miss Lucy 

"America" . . . . . . The Audience 



SONS or AMERICAN REVOLUTION 



61 



THE GRAVES OF THE FOLLOWING SOLDIERS 

OF THE REVOLUTION WILL BE 

DECORATED 



OLD BURIAL GROUND 

Ebenezer Adams 
Benjamin Adams 
Lieut. James Bancroft 
Capt. Nathaniel Bancroft 
John Berry 
James Brown 
John Danforth 
John Derby 
Daniel Gowing 
Lieut. Joseph Gowing 
John Hart 
Zerubbabel Hart 
John Hawkes 
Martin Herrick 
John Mead 
Aaron Nourse 
John Perkins 
Thaddeus Perry 
Nathaniel Sherman 
Daniel Townsend 



John Upton 
Jesse Wellman 
Jonathan Wellman 
Thomas Wellman 

NEW CEMETERY 

Ebenezer Hart 
Daniel Needham 
Ebenezer Parsons 

SOUTH BURIAL GROUND 

Andrew Mansfield 
Andrew Mansfield 
Daniel Mansfield 
William Mansfield 
Asa Newhall 
Ezekiel Newhall 
Jacob Newhall 
William Newhall 
Nathan Walton 



62 old essex chapter 

February 14, 1906. 

A special meeting was held in the rooms of the 
Lynn Historical Society. Addresses were made by 
Hon. Charles Neal Barney, Mayor of Lynn, and Dr. 
Moses Greeley Parker, President of the Massachusetts 
Society S.A.R. 

April 18, 1906. 

The annual meeting was held at Breakheart 
Hill Camp in Saugus on invitation of Compatriot 
Benjamin Newhall Johnson, who generously furnished 
conveyance to and fro and provided a most bountiful 
repast. At the business meeting which followed, a 
committee of seven was appointed to make arrange- 
ments for the exercises to be held at Saugus on June 18 
next to commemorate the marking of the graves of 
the Revolutionary dead buried in that town. 

The following officers were elected for the ensuing 
year : — 

President, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, 
Vice-President, Hon. Nathan Mortimer Hawkes, 
Vice-President, George Spencer Bliss, 
Secretary-Registrar , Luther Atwood, 
Treasurer, Webster Bruce, 
Historian, Charles Henry Chase. 

The report of the Secretary showed the membership 
of the Chapter to be forty-four. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES 

FOR 

REVOLUTIONARY DAY 

MONDAY, JUNE EIGHTEENTH 
NINETEEN HUNDRED and SIX 

Held Under the Auspices of 

The Town of Saugus 

Old Essex Chapter, S.A.R. 

Lynn Historical Society 

Chapter of the Third Plantation, D.R. 

AND Daniel Townsend Chapter, Junior 

Sons and Daughters, S.R. 

Commemorative of the 

SOLDIERS of THE REVOLUTION 

FROM SAUGUS 



64 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

ORDER OF EXERCISES AT OLD CEMETERY, 
MONUMENT SQUARE 

The programme here will be brief, and will commence 
at 2.30 P.M., consisting of prayer by Rev. John C. 
Labaree, decoration of the Revolutionary Graves with 
Betsey Ross flags, by members of the Saugus High 
School and selections by Marsh's Band. Immediately 
afterward a procession, in which all are invited to 
join, will be formed, under the direction of Charles 
D. Fisk, Commander of Gen. E. W. Hinks, Post 95, 
G.A.R., and will march to the Town Hall, where 
the following programme has been arranged. 

ORDER OF EXERCISES AT TOWN HALL 

Presiding Officer . Horace Hale Atherton, Jr. Esq. 

Invocation Rev. Donald Henderson Gerrish, Ph.D. 

Bugle Call — James Faxon, of Salem, son of Fieer 
James Faxon. 

Singing Saugus High School 

Presentation of Monuments and Markers to the Town of 
Saugus . . . Hon. Nathan Mortimer Hawkes 

Selection Marsh's Band 

Acceptance for the Town . . Herbert Merrill For- 
ristall, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 65 

Singing Saugus High School 

Address .... Benjamin Newhall Johnson, Esq. 

President Lynn Historical Society 

Selection Marsh's Band 

Song — " Star-Spangled Banner" Miss Martha Small, 

Saugus High School. 
Address .... His Honor, Charles Neal Barney, 

Mayor of Lynn. 

Singing — ''America" Audience 

Benediction Rev. Elihu Grant, Ph.D. 



MY COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEE 

My country, 't is of thee. 
Sweet land of liberty, 

Of thee I sing; 
Land where my fathers died. 
Land of the pilgrims' pride. 
From every mountain side 

Let freedom ring. 

My native country, thee, 
Land of the noble, free — 

Thy name I love; 
I love thy rocks and rills. 

Thy woods and templed hills; 
My heart with rapture thrills 

Like that above. 



66 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

Let music swell the breeze, 
And ring from all the trees 

Sweet freedom's song; 
Let mortal tongues awake, 
Let all that breathe partake. 
Let rocks their silence break, 

The sound prolong. 

Our fathers' God, to Thee, 
Author of liberty, 

To Thee I sing; 
Long may our land be bright 
With freedom's holy light; 
Protect us by Thy might, 

Great God, our King. 



Invited Guests 



Gen. Francis Henry Appleton, Peabody 
Past President-General National Society, S.A.R. 

Dr. Moses Greeley Parker, Lowell 
President Massachusetts Society, S.A.R. 

Herbert Wood Kimball, Esq., Boston 
Registrar Massachusetts Society, S.A.R. 

Comrades of Gen. E. W. Hinks Post, 95, G.A.R. 
Saugus 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 67 

October 19, 1906. 

Meeting held in the rooms of the Lynn Histori- 
cal Society. Certain alterations in the Constitution 
and By-Laws as recommended by the Board of Mana- 
gers were adopted. A paper on "Gove's Rebellion'^ was 
read by the Secretary. A substantial collation con- 
cluded the exercises. 

April 18, 1907. 

The annual meeting was held at Ancient 
Sirloin Camp, situated on the shores of Sluice Pond. 
A steak dinner was served at 6:30 p.m., followed by 
a business meeting, at which the reports of the 
Treasurer and the Secretary were presented. The 
report of the latter showed the membership to be 
fifty-two, a net gain for the year of eight. A com- 
mittee of five was appointed to represent the Chapter 
during the celebration of Old Home Week in the week 
beginning July 29th next. 

The following officers were elected for the ensuing 
year: 

President, Hon. Nathan Mortimer Hawkes, 
Vice-President, George Spencer Bliss, 
Vice-President, Henry Fuller Tapley, 
Secretary-Registrar , Luther Atwood, 
Treasurer, Webster Bruce, 
Historian, Horace Hale Atherton, Jr. 



68 old essex chapter 

May 4, 1907. 

A special meeting of the Chapter was held in 
conjunction with Ancient Sirloin Lodge at the camp of 
the latter organization. An excellent dinner was 
served by caterer Schlehuber. This was followed by an 
address by Compatriot Edward Jones Cox of Newton- 
ville on ''Freemasonry during the Revolution." The 
essayist in a most interesting manner described the 
prominent part played by the members of the Order 
during the Revolutionary struggle, which included the 
peerless galaxy of Washington, Warren, Lafayette, 
Steuben, Hancock, Putnam, Prescott, Hamilton, 
Wayne, Sullivan, Revere and a host of other eminent 
names too numerous to be here recorded. 

The Weber Quartet of Boston furnished several 
appropriate selections during the evening. 

October 19, 1907. 

A regular meeting was held at Ancient Sirloin 
Camp in commemoration of the battles of Saratoga 
and of Yorktown. The guests of the Chapter were — 
General Charles Kimball Darling, of Concord, Presi- 
dent of the Massachusetts Society, S.A.R.; Compatriot 
Charles French Read of Brookline, Historian of the 
State Society; and Compatriot Edwin Day Sibley, of 
Somerville, who, through the courtesy of Compatriot 
Henry Fuller Tapley, were given a most enjoyable 
automobile ride along the North Shore, prior to their 
arrival at the place of meeting. Just before sunset. 



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a walk was taken by the guests and many of the 
assembled compatriots through the Lynn Woods to 
"The Tower" on Burrill Hill, where a splendid view of 
the gorgeous autumnal foliage was obtained. 

After the regulation steak dinner had been dispensed 
with, a business meeting of the Chapter was called. 
This was followed by admirable addresses by President 
Darling and Historian Read, and then Compatriot 
Sibley read, to the unbounded delight of his audience, 
several of his inimitable selections portraying New 
England character. 

January 3, 1908. 

A special meeting was held in the rooms of the 
Lynn Historical Society. The address of the evening 
was furnished by Compatriot George Artemas Craw- 
ford of Brookline, retired Chaplain of the U.S. Navy, 
who spoke most eloquently and entertainingly on **A 
Winning Navy and Why it Wins." 

April 17, 1908. 

The annual meeting was held at Ancient Sirloin 
Camp, with Judge Edward Clarence Battis, of Salem, 
the nominee for President of the Massachusett Society, 
S. A. R., as the special guest. The business session fol- 
lowed the usual dinner. The President of the Chapter, 
Hon. Nathan Mortimer Hawkes, in his interesting intro- 
ductory remarks, alluded to the eminent propriety of 
the observance by our Society of the " 19th of April," 



70 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

and referred to a point, which the historian must give 
him credit for first noting, "that in the history of the 
Anglo-Saxon race this day, in cycles of 86 years, marks 
four events of transcendent interest and importance, 
to wit: 

{a) The Union of the Crowns of England and 
Scotland, under James I in 1603; 

(b) The Confirmation of the English Constitution, 
by William III, in 1689; 

(c) The Battle of Lexington, in 1775; 

{d) The Attack on Fort Sumter, in 1861." 

The reports of the Treasurer, the Historian and the 
Secretary were presented. The report of the latter 
showed the present membership of the Chapter to be 
104, representing a gain during the year of 52 members, 
or exactly 100%. Inasmuch as 147 members had been 
admitted to the Massachusetts Society during the year, 
it may be noted that Lynn contributed considerably 
more than one third. Of the fifteen chapters which 
are included in the State Society, Old Essex Chapter 
ranks in numerical strength, second only to the George 
Washington Chapter, of Springfield, which has 122 
members. 

In the election which followed, the former board of 
officers was re-elected for the ensuing year. 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 71 

Compatriot Battis, in a felicitous address, presented 
the congratulations of the State Society over the 
growth and activity of the Chapter, and then the pre- 
siding officer, without previous warning, called upon 
Compatriots — 

Capt. John Lord Parker, 
Hon. Asa Tarbell Newhall, 
Capt. Henry Newton Comey, 
Horace Hale Atherton, Jr., and 
Henry Breed Sprague. 

The very interesting extemporaneous remarks made 
by these different gentlemen showed conclusively that 
Old Essex Chapter possesses an inexhaustible supply 
of oratorical talent. 

October 8, 1909. 

Vice-President Henry Fuller Tapley invited the 
members of the Chapter, and also the State Board of 
Managers to meet at his residence for an evening of 
social intercourse and good fellowship. A bounteous 
collation was served and the unlimited hospitality of 
Compatriot and Mrs. Tapley was thoroughly appre- 
ciated by the large company of State officials and 
Chapter members present. An interesting feature of 
the evening was an exhibition of the excellent por- 
trait of Zachariah Atwell, which is believed to be the 
only portrait in existence of a Lynn Revolutionary 
soldier. The portrait was loaned for the evening by 



72 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

Compatriot Henry Newhall Berry, a great-great 
grandson, and it was especially noteworthy inasmuch 
as Mr. Atwell was the ancestor of five members of the 
Chapter who were present. 

October 17, 1908. 

A regular meeting was held at Ancient Sirloin 
Camp. The special guests of the Chapter were the 
Rev. Lewis Wilder Hicks, of Wellesley, the Chaplain 
of the State Society and Compatriots Edwin Sanford 
Crandon, of Cambridge, and Vernon Ashley Field, of 
Chelsea, who were met at the railroad station by 
Compatriot George Everett Sprague and treated to a 
delightful automobile ride of fifty miles through the 
most picturesque and historically interesting section of 
Essex County. The gorgeous foliage of autumn and 
the balmy weather (the thermometer registering 75°) 
made this diversion most enjoyable for our guests. 
The usual steak dinner was served, and in due time 
the guests of the evening were presented and Com- 
patriots Hicks, Crandon and Field, in eloquent words 
of patriotism, testified to the transcendent part which 
the yeomen of Essex County had played in the Revo- 
lutionary struggle. 

A feature of the evening, wholly unexpected by the 
recipient, was the presentation by the members of the 
Chapter of a beautiful gold insignia of the Society to 
the Secretary-Registrar. 

Mr. John C. S. Andrew, Sub-Principal of the Lynn 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 73 

English High School and President of the Old South 
Historic Society, gave a most comprehensive and 
scholarly paper, illustrated by the stereopticon, on 
''Revolutionary Boston." 

December 18, 1908. 

A special meeting was held in the rooms of the 
Lynn Historical Society. The guest of the evening 
was Compatriot Philip Reade, Brigadier-General U.S. 
Army (retired) who, with several of the officials of the 
Chapter, had previously been entertained at dinner by 
Compatriot and Mrs. Henry Fuller Tapley. General 
Reade spoke most interestingly on ''Military Life 
among the Moros," a subject which by virtue of his 
recent extended service in the Philippine Islands he 
was most competent to handle. 

March 4, 1909. 

A special meeting was held at Ancient Sirloin 
Camp. A violent and almost country-wide blizzard 
had been raging for two days, but the Sons of Patriotic 
Sires were not to be denied the pleasure of their con- 
templated meeting at this cosy sylvan lodge. Com- 
patriot Arthur Wellington Pinkham generously 
tendered his powerful limousine to convey any members 
not provided with a comfortable means of transit, and 
his car made five separate trips to the vicinity of the 
place of meeting. Once inside the camp, a genial fire 
blazing on either hearth and the appetizing odor of 



74 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

steak and onions quickly dispelled all thoughts of the 
storm raging without. 

The paper of the evening was given by Charles 
Howard Bangs, M.D., on "Benedict Arnold: Why 
Was He a Traitor?" 

April 16, 1909. 

The annual meeting was held at Ancient Sirloin 
Camp. The reports of the Historian, the Treasurer and 
the Secretary were presented. The latter showed that 
Old Essex Chapter now stands numerically at the 
head of the 15 chapters in the State with 138 members. 
The total number of members admitted during the 
year was 39, but the losses by death and transfer of 
membership amounted to 5. The second Chapter in 
the State is the George Washington Chapter of Spring- 
field, which at present has 125 members. 

Several alterations and amendments to the Consti- 
tution were adopted. 

The following list of officers was unanimously 
elected for the ensuing year: 

President, Hon. Nathan Mortimer Hawkes, 

Vice-President, Henry Fuller Tapley, 

Vice-President, Horace Hale Atherton, Jr. 

Secretary, Luther Atwood, 

Treasurer, Webster Bruce. 

Historian, Charles Howard Bangs, M.D. 



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The chair also nominated an Advisory Committee of 
five, consisting of — 

Compatriots Louis Augustus Wyman, 
George Edward Pillsbury, 
Richard Johnson Nichols, 
George Hill Batchelder, 
James Rollin Viets. 

Charles Jeptha Hill Woodbury, Sc.D., who was 
present as the guest of the Chapter, gave a most 
interesting address on ''Matters pertaining to the 
Early History of the Country." 

October 19, 1909. 

A regular meeting was held at Ancient Sirloin 
Camp. The special guests of the Chapter were — 

Hon. Edward Clarence Battis of Salem, President of 

the State Society, 
Mr. Narazo Takatsugi, of Tokyo, Japan, 
Prof. John Paul Goode, Ph. D. of the University of 
Chicago. 

After an excellent dinner had been dispensed with, 
the assembled compatriots, who taxed the capacity of 
the camp, were called to order for an evening of rare 
enjoyment. 

1. President Battis gave a most interesting talk on 
the incidents which centered at Saratoga just 132 
years ago. 



76 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

2. President Nathan Mortimer Hawkes read a 
most masterly paper on "Increase Newhall's House, 
or the Minute-Men's Tavern." 

3. Mr. Narazo Takatsugi, Director of the 
Kanegafuchi Spinning Company of Tokyo, Japan 
(employing more than 14,000 hands) who was making 
a tour of the United States with the "Japanese Com- 
mercial Commission" gave a most interesting account 
of the industries of that country, and paid a glowing 
eulogy to Commodore Perry, whom he declared his 
countrymen fairly idolized. As a fitting climax to his 
address, Mr. Takatsugi rendered by request, in his 
native tongue, the "Song of the Warrior" which dates 
back 2600 years before the Christian Era. 

4. Professor Goode, who had been appointed by 
the U.S. Dept. of State one of the three delegates to 
escort the "Japanese Commercial Commission" 
through the principal industrial cities of the Union, 
gave a most entertaining account of the tour which 
had thus far been made and touched on the great com- 
mercial advantages which must accrue from the inter- 
change of courtesies between these two great and 
widely separated nations, and from the comparison of 
ideas of their representative men. 

5. Compatriot Charles Jeptha Hill Woodbury , Sc.D., 
who had been instrumental in securing the attendance 
of the two previous speakers, read an autograph 
letter from President William Howard Taft in which 
he thankfully acknowledged the receipt of a copy of 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 77 

*'The 275th Anniversary of the First Congregational 
Church of Lynn." Doctor Woodbury also gave some 
very interesting reminiscences of Japan and of the 
famous ship captains of a former generation who had 
traded with that distant country. 

March 4, 1910. 

A special meeting was held at Ancient Sirloin 
Camp with 70 Compatriots in attendance, which was 
the record number in the history of the Chapter. The 
special guests were Judge Edward Clarence Battis, of 
Salem, and Brigadier- General Philip Reade of Lowell, 
respectively the President and the Historian of the 
State Society. The usual steak dinner was served 
at six P.M., which was followed by a business meet- 
ing. 

Compatriot George Spencer Bliss presented the 
report of a Committee previously appointed to con- 
sider the project of publishing a Register of Old 
Essex Chapter. After a general discussion it was 
moved to postpone action on this report till the next 
annual meeting. 

Interesting remarks were made by the guests of the 
evening, President Battis and Historian Reade, and 
then the 2nd Vice-President of the Chapter, Com- 
patriot Horace Hale Atherton, Jr., presented a most 
entertaining paper, superbly illustrated by stereopticon 
on "Seeing America First," in which he described a 
trans-continental trip made by himself with visits to 



78 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

the Yellowstone Park and the Grand Canon of Colo- 
rado. 

Compatriot Charles Knowles Tripp completed the 
evening's entertainment with a most clever exhibition 
of legerdemain, of which art he is certainly a master. 

April 15, 1910. 

The annual meeting was held at Ancient Sirloin 
Camp. By way of innovation a lobster dinner was 
served at 6.30 p.m. Barrels of this edible crustacean 
were provided by the commissary department of the 
Chapter, and it was noted that each Compatriot ''got 
away" with from three to seven lobsters. The slaugh- 
ter of these red coats on this occasion far exceeded that 
made by our Revolutionary sires at Lexington and 
Concord 135 years before. 

At the formal business meeting called at 7.40 p.m. 
the reports of the Historian, the Treasurer and the 
Secretary were presented. The report of the latter 
showed that: — 

Thirty-three new members had been admitted 
during the year, two members had died and three had 
resigned, making the present membership of Old 
Essex Chapter, 166. 

Action on the report of the Book Committee was 
postponed as a special subject for the next meeting of 
the Chapter. 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 79 

The election of ofl&cers for the ensuing year resulted 
in the choice of: 

President, Horace Hale Atherton, Jr. 

Vice-President, Charles Jeptha Hill Woodbury, Sc.D. 

Vice-President, Henry Fuller Tapley. 

Secretary, Luther Atwood. 

Treasurer, Webster Bruce. 

Historian, Charles Howard Bangs, M.D. 

May 17, 1910. 

A reception to President and Mrs, Horace Hale 
Atherton, Jr., and a Ladies' Night was held at the 
Oxford Club from 8 to 10.30 p.m. A large number of 
Compatriots and their ladies attended, and the Presi- 
dent of the Massachusetts State Society, Nathan 
Warren, Esq., of Waltham, and Mrs. Warren honored 
the Chapter by their presence. Appropriate addresses 
were made by Presidents Atherton and Warren, and 
Compatriot Edwin Day Sibley, of Somerville, rendered 
to the great delight of the audience, several of his 
inimitable character sketches. 

A bountiful collation was served, and dancing and 
social intercourse concluded the function, which was a 
notable success. 

October 19, 1910. 

A regular meeting of the Chapter was held on 
this date to celebrate the 129th anniversary of the bat- 
tles of Yorktown and of Saratoga. The program was 



80 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

most unique and was successfully carried out under 
ideal conditions, for the day was one of the choicest 
which New England's Indian Summer could offer, 
being marked by the clearest of skies and a balmy 
temperature of 80°. 

At 2.15 P.M., special electric cars were taken for a 
visit to the Navy Yard at Charlestown, where, through 
the courtesy of the Honorable Ernest W. Roberts, 
member of Congress from the 7th Massachusetts Dis- 
trict and a member of the Hou,se Committee on Naval 
Affairs, unusual privileges were extended to us to 
inspect the yard and the battleships there stationed. 
The Chapter was officially received by Congressman 
Roberts and by Lieutenant Commander Wright of the 
U.S. Navy, who had been detailed to act as escort to 
the various places of interest in the yard. The first 
objective point was ''^Old Ironsides,''^ and in the cabin 
of this historic vessel, pregnant with the memories of 
so many of the most glorious achievements of the 
United States Navy, President Atherton introduced 
our host and honored guest, who made a brief and 
appropriate response. After inscribing our names in 
the ship's register, the party proceeded to the U.S.S. 
"Michigan," the most powerful battleship in the 
Navy, and inspected the vessel from stem to stern. 
After visiting the various machine shops the party 
again boarded the special cars which were in waiting 
and proceeded to Lynn, where at Ancient Sirloin Camp 
a bountiful steak dinner was served. 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 81 

At 8 P.M., President Atherton called the company to 
order and presented the President of the State Society, 
Nathan Warren, of Waltham, who made a most interest- 
ing address, in which he described the consummate 
strategy of Washington in compelling the surrender of 
Cornwallis at Yorktown before reinforcements could 
reach him. 

The Honorable Ernest W. Roberts was then intro- 
duced, and he gave a most illuminating talk on the recent 
development of our Navy from the days of the "Bos- 
ton" and the ''Atlanta" to the powerful "Michigan," 
"Virginia," "Rhode Island," and vessels of similar 
type of the present day. He stated that the battle- 
ships of the "Virginia" class were as much superior to 
the "Oregon," the pride of the Navy during the war 
with Spain, as the latter vessel was to the "Constitu- 
tion." He also described the new types of torpedoes 
which have an effective range of 4000 yards, and the 
"submarines," which are destined to play an impor- 
tant part in the defence of our seaports. He described 
the marked advance made in gunnery during recent 
years and credited our gunners with a proficiency of 
accuracy unparallelled by any navy in the world. He 
paid a marked compliment to the personnel of the 
Navy, a very large per cent of whom are American 
citizens. 

The conclusion of the address was marked by a 
ringing round of cheers and a most cordial vote of 
thanks for the courtesies extended. 



82 old essex chapter 

April 14, 1911. 

The annual meeting was held at Ancient Sirloin 
Camp. After the regular steak dinner had been 
served, the Chapter was called to order for its regular 
business session. A contribution was made in the 
name of Old Essex Chapter to the New England 
Historic Genealogical Society toward the erection of a 
new fire-proof building to store its priceless collection. 

The reports of the Historian, the Treasurer and the 
Secretary were presented. The report of the latter 
showed the present membership of the Chapter to be 
178, a net gain of 12, although 18 new members had 
been admitted during the year. 

The former board of officers were re-elected for the 
ensuing year, and then two excellent historical papers 
were presented: 

I. ''John Willis, Innkeeper, and the Abolition of 
the old (May) Election Day," by Compatriot Hon. 
Nathan Mortimer Hawkes. 

II. ''Lights and Shadows of the War, 1861-5," 
by Compatriot Captain John Lord Parker, Past Com- 
mander of the Mass. Dept. of the G.A.R. 

August 16, 1911. 

A special mid-summer meeting was held at 
Ancient Sirloin Camp, which was appropriately char- 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 83 

acterized as "Presidents' Night," inasmuch as there 
were in attendance as guests: 



Moses Greeley Parker, M.D., of Lowell 
President-General of Nat. Soc. S.A.R.; 

Edwin Sanford Crandon, of Cambridge, 
• President Mass. Soc. S.A.R.; 

Charles Dana Burrage, of Boston, 
President Mass. Soc. S.R.; 

Horace Hale Atherton, Jr., of Saugus, 
President of Old Essex Chapter; 



and the Presidents of various banks and other organi- 
zations in this community, which fact indicates the 
high character of the Compatriots who comprise Old 
Essex Chapter. 

Through the courtesy of Compatriots Henry Breed 
Sprague and Arthur Wellington Pinkham, the guests 
were given an automobile ride about Lynn and Mar- 
blehead in the afternoon. At 6:30 p.m., a bountiful 
steak dinner was served, following which, excellent 
addresses were made by Presidents Atherton, Crandon, 
Burrage, President -General Parker, Dr. Woodbury, 
Vice-President of Old Essex Chapter and also of 
the Lynn Historical Society, and Lieut-Colonel Harry 
Lamprey Brown, the Treasurer of the Waltham Watch 
Company. 



84 old essex chapter 

October 18, 1911. 

A regular meeting of the Chapter was held at 
Ancient Sirloin Camp in celebration of the 130th 
anniversary of the battles of Saratoga and of York- 
town, and despite the very heavy rain it was marked by 
a large attendance. It was a most unique spectacle 
to observe the many powerful motor cars loaded with 
Compatriots plowing their way through the mud and 
water which, in the Cimmerian darkness, would have 
made the forest trail almost impassable to pedestrians. 
The good cheer of roaring wood fires blazing on the 
two fireplaces of the Camp and an excellent steak 
dinner soon dispelled all thoughts of the storm which 
raged outside. 

It was voted to present in the name of the Chapter 
a silk flag of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
to the State Society for its use at the coming Congress 
of the National Society, Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion, to be held in Boston during the month of May 
next. 

Compatriot Captain John Lord Parker presented a 
most interesting paper on "Yorktown." The speaker, 
who had seen service at Yorktown during the Civil 
War, treated in a most scholarly and original way 
this historic battle ground which in the two greatest 
conflicts in our Nation's history has been the arena of 
most important events. 

Addresses were also made by Judge Edward Clarence 
Battis, of Salem, Captain Joshua Atwood, of Brighton, 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 85 

the Commander of the First Corps of Cadets of Bos- 
ton, Captain Henry Newton Comey, of Danvers, and 
Vice-President, Charles Jeptha Hill Woodbury, Sc. D. 
of Old Essex Chapter. 

February 22, 1912. 

At the meeting of the Massachusetts Society, 
S.A.R., which was held at the Hotel Vendome in 
Boston, the silk flag of the Commonwealth, which had 
been donated by Old Essex Chapter, was presented 
to the State Society with appropriate ceremonies. 
The flag was unfurled by Compatriot Philip Asa San- 
born, the youngest member of the Chapter, and Horace 
Hale Atherton, Jr., the President, made a most grace- 
ful speech of presentation. The President of the 
State Society, Edwin Sanford Crandon, responded in 
a most felicitous manner and in behalf of the So- 
ciety heartily thanked the Chapter for its handsome 
gift. 

March 8, 1912. 

At the meeting of the State Board of Managers, 
it was "Voted, that the Board, in the name of the 
Society, herewith places on record its most hearty 
appreciation of the generous gift to the Society of a 
Silk Flag of the Commonwealth from Old Essex 
Chapter, of Lynn, the presentation of which was 
made at the meeting of the Society on the anniver- 



86 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

sary of the birth of Washington at the Hotel Ven- 
dome, 22 February, 1912. 

At the first suggestion of the need of this valuable 
addition to the Colors of the Society, Old Essex 
Chapter proffered the gift, and in noble loyalty and 
fraternity, it has presented it for the benefit of all 
Compatriots. The largest Chapter, it has shown that 
greatness in numbers has meant full appreciation of 
the opportunity for greatness of service, in man- 
ful work for the Cause so dear to all of us. Its 
name is indelibly written on all our hearts. Sim- 
ple the words, yet with all the eloquence of sincere 
appreciation, the Massachusetts Society says to Old 
Essex Chapter from full hearts, 

THANK YOUr 

[Seal] EDWIN S. CRANDON, President. 

HERBERT W. KIMBALL, Secretary. 

April 16,1912. 

The annual meeting of the Chapter was held at 
Ancient Sirloin Camp. After the regular steak dinner 
the business session was called. Contributions of 
2^' 10.00 each were made — 

{a) To the Massachusetts State Society to aid in 
defraying the expenses of the 23d Annual Congress of 
the National Society, S.A.R., to be held in Boston, 
May 19-21, 1912; 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 87 

{b) To the erection at Washington, D.C., of a 
National Civic Hall, as a peace memorial to George 
Washington; 

(c) To Berea College, in Kentucky. 

The reports of the Historian, the Treasurer and 
the Secretary were then presented. The Historian 
read as his report appropriate eulogies on the two 
Compatriots who had died during the year, one of 
whom, HENRY LEAMAN DOYLE, an actual 
SON, passed away in Lynn, Oct. 2, 1911, at the age of 
seventy-six years. 

The report of the Treasurer, as usual, showed the 
finances of the Chapter to be in a sound condition 
with every obligation paid, and a substantial balance 
in the treasury. 

The report of the Secretary showed that twenty- 
nine new members had been admitted during the year, 
and that the present membership of the Chapter was 
two hundred and one. 

At the election which followed, the former board of 
officers were severally re-elected. 

The guests of the Chapter: — 
Compatriot Franklin W. Hobbs, of Brookline (a 
member of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution), 
the President of the National Association of Cotton 
manufactures, and the Treasurer of the Arlington Mills 
of Lawrence, and the Hon. John P. Sanborn, of 



88 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

Newport, R.I., made most interesting addresses. The 
former spoke on the great industry with which he is 
so prominently identified, and incidentally alluded to 
the deplorable conditions in the neighboring city of 
Lawrence; the latter, who was a member of the Com- 
mission appointed to arrange for the celebration during 
the coming summer of the Centennial Anniversary of 
Commodore Perry's victory on Lake Erie, gave a most 
interesting description of the program outlined for this 
occasion, and presented many unknown or forgotten 
incidents in the life of this great naval hero, who, 
though he died at the early age of forty-one years, 
had left an indelible mark in the naval annals of the 
World. 

Compatriot Charles Howard Bangs, M.D., the 
Historian of the Chapter, read a brief, but most inter- 
esting paper on '' Commodore Perry." 

October 6, 1912. 

On invitation of Compatriot Henry Breed 
Sprague, the Board of Managers and the Advisory 
Committee of the Chapter were entertained at his 
beautiful estate, "The Larches," in Swampscott, 
during the afternoon and evening. After roaming 
about the beautiful grounds, automobiles were taken 
for a visit to the Swampscott High School from which 
a magnificent panorama of the surrounding country 
clothed in its richest garb of autumn was obtained, 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 89 

and then a ride was taken through the Lynn Park 
System. On returning to the residence of our host, 
a most delightful dinner was provided by Compatriot 
and Mrs. Sprague with a grace so characteristic of 
their boundless hospitality, which was followed by an 
evening of contagious good-fellowship. 

October 17, 1912. 

The anniversaries of the battles of Saratoga 
and of Yorktown were observed by a regular meeting 
of the Chapter at Ancient Sirloin Camp. The guest of 
the evening was Lieutenant John H. Westfall, U.S. 
Navy (retired) who gave a talk illustrated by stereop- 
ticon on "The Lost Fleet at Samoa." The vivid 
description given of the beautiful isle far off in the 
South Sea which was the last earthly abode of the 
gifted Robert Louis Stevenson, and the recital of the 
incidents during the memorable hurricane of March 15, 
1889, which completely wrecked the assembled naval 
fleets of Germany and the United States and plunged 
the civilized world into mourning, held the audience 
spell-bound for almost two hours. 

April 16, 1913. 

The annual meeting of the Chapter was held at 
Ancient Sirloin Camp. After the regulation dinner 
the business session was called, during which the reports 
of the Historian, the Treasurer and the Secretary were 



90 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

presented. The report of the latter showed that 
thirteen new members had been admitted during the 
year, that four Compatriots had died and five had 
resigned or had forfeited their membership, leaving 
the present enrollment two hundred five. 

In the election which followed the former board of 
ofiicers was re-elected for the ensuing year. 

The guest of the evening was Mr. Melville Chase 
Freeman, of Roxbury, who gave a brilliant and 
scholarly address on Andrew Jackson, in which he 
paid a wonderful tribute to the ''Hero of New Or- 
leans," whose dominating will, absolute honesty and 
fearlessness, and rugged virtues stamp him as a unique 
figure in the poHtical history of the United States. 

October 16, 1913. 

Notices had been issued that — ''The Chapter 
will hold a Ladies' Night and a Reception to the Presi- 
dent of the Massachusetts Society, S.A.R., Mr. Luther 
Atwood and Mrs. Atwood, at Ancient Sirloin Camp 
on the above date," to which the responses were 
general. The Weather Bureau kindly came to the 
relief of the recipients of this proposed act of esteem 
on the part of Old Essex Chapter by providing a 
driving N.E. storm of unprecedented duration and 
intensity which necessitated the abandonment of this 
function for which all the preparations had been gen- 
erously made. 



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February 26, 1914. 



At 3.30 P.M. on an ideal winter day with the 
ground covered with a mantle of some twelve inches 
of freshly fallen snow, a large party of Compatriots 
with William Sumner Appleton, Esq., of Boston, the 
Secretary of the Society for the Preservation of New 
England Antiquities, as guest, enjoyed a "pung 
ride" to Saugus where they thoroughly inspected the 
"Old Iron Works House" and then were driven 
via Lynnfield to Ancient Sirloin Camp, where with 
keenly whetted appetites they were prepared to do 
full justice to the abundant dinner which had been 
provided. 

In the evening Compatriot Appleton gave a 
most interesting talk on ''Early Colonial Houses 
IN New England" and alluded to the notable work 
of his Society in restoring many of these relics of early 
days and preserving them for posterity. He gave a 
complete history of the "Old Iron Works House" 
built about 1650, and declared that there were only 
Jour older extant houses in the entire country. He 
stated that it combines the distinction of being one 
of the oldest, one of the most historic, and architec- 
turally one of the most interesting structures in Amer- 
ica, and expressed the hope that Old Essex Chapter 
might see its way to purchase this ancient land-mark 
and restore it to its pristine condition. 



92 old essex chapter 

April 16, 1914. 

The annual meeting was held at Ancient Sir- 
loin Camp and, in spite of a snow storm of unusual 
severity for this time of the year, it was very well 
attended. An abundant dinner was provided, and, 
judging from the supply of provisions consumed, it is 
safe to say that ''none went away dissatisfied." After 
the Chapter had convened in regular session, the 
reports of the various officers were presented. The 
Secretary stated that the present membership is two 
hundred eighteen, including one actual son, America 
Shattuck. Two members had died during the year, 
two had resigned and two had been dropped for non- 
payment of dues. Nineteen new members had been 
admitted, thus showing a net gain for the year of 
thirteen. After the election had been held, by which, 
according either to the pre-eminent fitness of the 
various officers or to their sagacity as successful 
politicians, all were re-elected, it was moved and 
unanimously carried that "The Board of Managers 
and the Advisory Committee consider the feasibility 
of securing a convenient camp site and erecting there- 
on a structure adequate to the needs of the 
Chapter." 

The essayist of the evening was Compatriot Hon. 
Nathan Mortimer Hawkes, who gave a most delight- 
ful talk on "The Revolutionary Houses of Saugus." 
This was abundantly illustrated by stereopticon slides 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 93 

made for the most part from negatives taken by Com- 
patriot George Spencer Bliss, who manipulated the 
lantern. 

May 27, 1914. 

A special meeting of the Board of Managers 
and the Advisory Committee of the Chapter was held 
at the Oxford Club at which various matters which had 
been referred to them were considered. 

1. It w^as unanimously resolved in view of the 
great cost of the undertaking that — "It is infeasible 
for the Chapter to attempt to purchase and restore 
the Old Iron Works House in Saugus." 

2. It was voted that "Old Essex Chapter appro- 
priate a sum not exceeding $50.00 to procure and erect 
at some suitable locality along the route of Wash- 
ington's journey a slate tablet conforming to the 
design authorized by the Board of Managers of the 
Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution in commemoration of the proposed pil- 
grimage from Philadelphia to Cambridge, June 23 — 
July 3, 1914, which is to repeat as closely as possible 
the journey taken by General Washington in 1775 
when he came to New England to take command of 
the Patriot Army." 

3. A committee of five was appointed to look up 
available sites for a Chapter Camp with instructions 
to report at some subsequent meeting. 



94 old essex chapter 

October 22, 1914. 

The regular fall meeting of the Chapter was, 
through the courtesy of Compatriot Dr. Charles 
Howard Bangs, held at the Associates' Camp in 
Swampscott. After the customary steak dinner had 
been served, various matters of business were con- 
sidered. 

It was moved by Compatriot General Reade and 
unanimously carried, with regard to a communication 
from President-General Thruston, that — ''Our hearts, 
our hands, and our co-operation be in the further- 
ance of the project to construct a "George Wash- 
ington High Way," to pass through the thirteen 
original states, including Vermont and Rhode Island." 

It was unanimously voted that — "The proper 
authorities proceed to obtain an act of incorporation 
for Old Essex Chapter." It was then voted that — 
"The proposition of building a Camp be laid on the 
table until the Chapter shall be incorporated." 

Two very interesting papers were then presented: 
one by Compatriot Marshal Putnam Thompson, of 
Brookline, on "The Cause of the Present European 
War"; and the other on "Arms and the Man," by 
Compatriot Philip Reade, Brigadier-General, U.S.A. 
(retired). 

December 1, 1914. 

A meeting of the Board of Managers and the 
Advisory Committee was held at the Oxford Club at 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 95 

8 P.M., and the articles of incorporation of Old Essex 
Chapter, which had been prepared by Compatriot 
Henry Rogers Mayo with the greatest skill and with 
a most generous contribution of his valuable legal 
services, were presented and formally ratified by the 
"Board of Governors" and by them legally subscribed 
to in the presence of Compatriot Charles Leighton, Esq. 

The certificate of incorporation was duly issued by 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Dec. 4, 1914. 

The Secretary was authorized to procure a suitable 
corporate seal for the Chapter, w^hich was in due time 
worked out by Mr. Ernest L. Proctor, the engraver of 
this city, being a representation of Abednego Rams- 
dell, the first Lynn man killed in the Revolutionary 
War, on his way to Lexington in response to the 
Alarm of April 19, 1775. 

December 15, 1914. 

By courtesy of Vice-President Henry Fuller 
Tapley, the Board of Governors and a few invited 
Compatriots met at his residence for an evening of 
delightful social intercourse. The certificate of incor- 
poration which had been issued by the Commonwealth 
was exhibited, and various matters pertaining to the 
welfare of the Chapter were considered. Compatriot 
Webster Bruce moved that ''In view of our organi- 
zation entering on the twentieth year of its existence, 
it seems desirable to publish a Register of Old Essex 



96 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

Chapter which shall contain a roster of its members 
and a history of its activities from the date of its 
formation," and it was unanimously voted to refer the 
question to the next meeting of the Chapter. A 
bountiful collation concluded this most pleasant 
function. 

February 25, 1915. 

A special meeting of the Chapter was held in 
Elks' Hall, Lynn at 7.45 p.m. A detail of the 7th Co. 
Coast Artillery Corps, M.V.M., under the command of 
Sergeant James H. Packard, gave a well executed drill 
and an exhibition of calisthenics to the accompaniment 
of music. This was followed on special request by 
an impromptu exhibition drill by a veteran squad of 
the Civil War, consisting of Compatriot Captain 
Henry Newton Comey under the command of Com- 
patriot Philip Reade, Brigadier- General U.S. Army 
(retired), and the precision and agility of these warri- 
ors of some three score years and ten was a revelation 
to the audience. 

Compatriot Marshal Putnam Thompson, of Brook- 
line, then presented two very interesting historical 
papers. The first treated of ''The Embargo of 
1812," and the second was on "The Most Eminent 
Citizen, Traitor and Patriot of Essex County," 
being a review of the life and services of Benjamin 
Thompson, better known as Count Rumford. 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 97 

Seventeen members of "The Washington Guard" 
were present as invited guests, and the objects of this 
organization, which was recommended at the Syracuse 
Congress of the National Society, were explained. 

The suggestion was made that Compatriots of Old 
Essex Chapter contribute to the ''box" which the 
Boston Chapter, S.A.R., proposes to send in memory of 
Lafayette to the sick and wounded soldiers of all 
nations in the hospitals of France, and in due time 
this suggestion met with a most generous response 
from our Compatriots. 

An excellent collation concluded the evening's 
program. 

April 16, 1915. 

The twentieth Annual Meeting of Old Essex 
Chapter, S.A.R., Inc., was held at the Associates' 
Camp in Swampscott. After a steak dinner of excep- 
tional quality and bounty had been served, the Chap- 
ter was called to order for the transaction of business. 

The President called attention to the fact that the 
present date marks the fiftieth anniversary of the 
assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and all of the 
assembled Compatriots rose and remained standing 
for a moment in silent reverence to his memory. 

The reports of ofi&cers were read and they were 
highly interesting and satisfactory. The Secretary 
gave the information that twenty-one new members 



98 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

had been admitted during the year, that six Com- 
patriots had died, and that the losses by resignation or 
forfeiture of membership had been ten, thus making 
the present strength of the Chapter two hundred 
twenty-three, a gain of five during the twelve months 
just ended. 

Compatriot Hon. Horace Hale Atherton, Jr., who 
had for four years served the Chapter with marked 
ability as its President, announced that he was not 
a candidate for re-election, and, in the election which 
followed, Compatriot Arthur Wellington Pinkham was 
chosen President of the Chapter. Otherwise, the 
former Board of Governors were re-elected for the 
ensuing year. 

A cordial vote of thanks was by a unanimous rising 
vote tendered to President Atherton for his valuable 
services to the Chapter. 

The guest of the evening was Doctor James Barnes, 
of New Orleans, who gave an intensely interesting 
talk on ''Bohemia." Being a native of that country 
he spoke from an intimate acquaintance with its history 
and its institutions. He alluded to the musical genius 
of its people and to their notable attainments in many 
lines, in spite of the handicap of the persecution and 
the reprisals which she has suffered at the hands of 
Austria since the Calixtines Wars, which raged from 
1416-1620. He paid a notable tribute to two of her 
greatest men — Jan Hus, who stood side by side with 
Martin Luther in the Reformation, and Comenius, 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 99 

who revolutionized educational methods which affected 
the whole of Europe. It may be of interest to note 
that its foremost University, that at Prague, antedates 
Oxford by fifty years, while its history dates back to 
about 400 A.D. when the Slavic tribes, or Cechs, 
united to form a nation. 



THE WASHINGTON GUARD 



ITS ORGANIZATION AND OBJECT 

THE idea of "The Washington Guard" was origi- 
nated by Compatriot John Lenord Merrill, the 
President of the New Jersey Society, S.A.R., who, 
desiring to enlist the interest of the coming generation 
in the objects of our Society, conceived the plan of 
enrolling the minor sons or grandsons of members of 
the Societies of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
the Daughters of the American Revolution and the 
Daughters of the Revolution into an organization 
under the fostering care of the first mentioned Society. 
During the year 1913-4, a flourishing battalion of 
The Washington Guard, comprising about three hun- 
dred members, was formed in New Jersey, and a report 
on this organization was rendered by Compatriot 
Merrill at the Congress of the National Society, S.A.R., 
which was held at Syracuse, N.Y., May 18-19, 1914. 
The idea of the Guard met with the hearty approval 
of the Congress and the recommendation was made 
that similar battalions be organized subsidiary to the 
different State Societies. Compatriot Herman W. 
Fernberger, of Pennsylvania, a Vice-President General 
of the National Society, offered to present to the next 
Congress an American flag, with a streamer attached, 
^'Washington Guards, S.A.R./' to the New Jersey 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 101 

Society, to be in its custody for one year, for organ- 
izing this Guard, and thereafter the flag is to go to the 
State enrolling the largest number of members in 
The Washington Guard in that State. 

At the meeting of the Board of Managers of the 
Massachusetts Society held June 12, 1914, it was 
unanimously voted to follow the example of New 
Jersey and enroll a battalion of ^^The Washington 
Guard'' in this State. A committee was appointed to 
carry out the project and the enrollment of guardsmen 
has been begun. The committee has not yet rendered 
its final report owing, possibly, to its inability to obtain 
definite information from the other State Societies 
regarding the general plan of organization which 
should be uniform throughout the country. The 
movement, however, is under way, and Massachusetts 
can claim the credit of being the second State to 
authorize a Washington Guard, 

It is proposed to have no dues for membership in 
the Guard, and each boy enrolled is to be given a 
certificate of membership and a rosette, or button, 
similar to, but not identical with, the rosette of the 
parent organization. The State Board of Managers 
authorized the purchase of several hundred of these 
buttons, but, as they were made in Germany, the 
embargo incident to the war in Europe has prevented 
their delivery. 

The following sons or grandsons of Old Essex 
Chapter members have been enrolled: 



102 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

MEMBERSHIP 

Chapter 
No. 

48 Abbott, Frederic Everett Son of Frederic Bassett Abbott 

49 Abbott, Louis Dunn Son of Frederic Bassett Abbott 

59 Atherton, Horace Hale, 3d Son of Horace Hale Atherton, Jr. 

58 Atherton, Roger Morse Son of Horace Hale Atherton, Jr. 

36 Atherton, I^aurence Philip .... Son of Dr. Laurence George Atherton 

72 Atwood, Benjamin Wells Son of Capt. Joshua Atwood 

1 Atwood, Joseph Son of Luther Atwood 

73 Atwood, Raymond Pervere Son of Capt. Joshua Atwood 

20 Babb, Warren Dunton Son of Ralph Warren Babb 

62 Baker, Geoffrey Dawes Son of Harry Mudge Baker 

19 Bangs, William Parcher Son of Charles Howard Bangs, M.D. 

12 Barnes, John Murkland Son of James Edgar Barnes 

50 Bates, Leonard Humphrey Son of William Herbert Bates 

51 Bates, William Herbert, Jr Son of William Herbert Bates 

29 Beardsell, George Richardson, Jr. . . Son of Geo. Richardson Beardsell 

22 Bennett, Everett Newhall Gr. son James Silver Newhall 

21 Bennett, James Stephen Gr. son James Silver Newhall 

23 Bennett, Larkin Endicott Gr. son James Silver Newhall 

33 Berry, Henry Newhall, Jr Son of Henry Newhall Berry 

34 Berry, Joseph Breed Son of Henry Newhall Berry 

63 Blair, Robert Orrin Son of Orrin Curtis Blair, M.D. 

5 *Breed, Charles Norcross, Jr Son of Charles Norcross Breed 

4 *Breed, Joseph Bassett Son of Charles Norcross Breed 

35 Breed, Nathaniel Preston Son of Nathaniel Pope Breed, M.D. 

66 Breed, Philip Munro Son of Warren Mudge Breed 

6 Breed, Richard Johnson Son of Edward Everett Breed 

8 Breed, William Johnson Son of George Herbert Breed 

71 Brown, Harry Babcock Son of Col. Harry Lamprey Brown 

37 Burdett, Keith Franklin Son of James Edwin Burdett 

18 Creighton, George Abbott Son of Albert Morton Creighton 

13 Edson, Nathan Willis, 2d Son of John Francis Edson 

15 Graham, Reginald Loren Son of George Herbert Graham 

14 Graham, Stuart Webster Son of George Herbert Graham 

31 Grover, Lyndon Vassar, Jr Son of Lyndon Vassar Grover 

16 Hastings, Abner Horace Son of Wilmot Reed Hastings 

17 Hastings, Wilmot Reed, Jr Son of Wilmot Reed Ha ngs 

61 Hodgdon, Arthur Ellsworth Son of Charles Ellsworth Hod^ 'on 

56 Hopkins, Jerome Ingalls Son of William Thorpe Hopkins. M D. 

* Twins. 



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57 Hopkins, John Kenton Son of William Thorpe Hopkins, M.D. 

54 Hopkins, Stephen Worcester. .Son of William Thorpe Hopkins, M.D. 

55 Hopkins, William Thorpe, Jr.. .Son of William Thorpe Hopkins, M.D. 

43 Houghton, Daniel Eugene Son of George Euclid Houghton 

45 Houghton, Fairchild Son of George Euclid Houghton 

44 Houghton, George Ellwood Son of George Euclid Houghton 

42 Houghton, William Fairchild Son of George Euclid Houghton 

52 Johnson, Benjamin Newhall, Jr. . .Son of Benjamin Newhall Johnson 

53 Johnson, Richard Vernon Son of Benjamin Newhall Johnson 

24 Keene, William Gerry, Jr Son of William Gerry Keene 

40 Lane, Leon Everett Son of George Everett Lane 

41 Lane, Wilbur Annable Son of George Everett Lane 

38 Lash, David Chapman, Jr Son of David Chapman Lash 

60 Martin, Allen Brayton Son of John Brayton Martin, M.D. 

2 Mayo, Henry Rogers, Jr Son of Henry Rogers Mayo 

74 Parsons, Eben Son of Starr Parsons 

30 Perkins, Sherman Thayer Son of Rev. Frederic W. Perkins, D.D. 

68 Richardson, Emery Lord Son of Henry Herbert Richardson 

67 Richardson, Raymond Miller Son of Henry Herbert Richardson 

26 ROLFE, Charles Edwin, Jr Gr. son of Louis Augustus Wyman 

25 ROLFE, Maurice Wyman Gr, son of Louis Augustus Wyman 

65 RuppEL, Frederick Howes Son of Dr. Myra D. Allen Ruppel, D.R. 

7 Sanderson, John Cushman Gr. son of John Souther Cushman 

39 Schley, William Sullivan, Jr. . . .Son of William Sullivan Schley, M.D. 
9 Smith, Howard Caswell Son of Charles Frederic Smith 

11 Sprague, Charles Henry Son of Henry Breed Sprague 

3 Sprague, George Everett, Jr Son of George Everett Sprague 

10 Sprague, Howard Burnham Son of Henry Breed Sprague 

28 Stephenson, Henry Dexter Gr. son of Henry Fuller Tapley 

27 Stephenson, Preston Tapley Gr. son of Henry Fuller Tapley 

69 Vaughn, John Frederick Son of Jennie Savary Vaughn, D.R. 

70 Vaughn, Richard Savary Son of Jennie Savary Vaughn, D.R. 

75 Wadleigh, Paul Fitch Son of Arthur Gould Wadleigh 

47 Wilson, Ellsworth Leon Son of Leon Eugene Wilson 

46 Wilson, Irving Harrison Son of Leon Eugene Wilson 

64 WiNSLOw, Herbert Holland Son of Louis Martin Winslow 

32 Wood, Thomas Gardiner Son of Henry Leander Wood 

81 Breed, Robert Thomson Son of Nathaniel Pope Breed, M.D. 

78 . Preen, Arthur Henderson Son of Dr. Arthur Wardwell Green 

7bi , Newhall, Beaumont Son of Herbert William Newhall, M.D. 

83't Stevens, Alvin Gay Son of Elisha Morse Stevens 

8a Stevens, Rufus LaCroix Son of Elisha Morse Stevens 

77 Tebbetts, Charles Barker oon of Theodore Charles Tebbetts 

76 Tebbetts, Theodore Son of Theodore Charles Tebbetts 

82 Trickey, John, Jr Gr. son of Charles Alfred Cross 

80 Wyman, Eliot Uberto, Gr. son of Louis Augustus Wyman 

85 HOLLis, John Hudson, Jr Gr. son of Charles 11 ;nry Chase 

86 HoLLis, Edward Poole Gr. son of Charles Henry Chase 

61 Hollis, Charles Hilliard Gr. son of Charles Henry Chase 



CELEBRATION IN 1914 

OF 

WASHINGTON'S JOURNEY 

FROM 

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 

TO 

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 

IN 1775 

PART TAKEN BY 

OLD ESSEX CHAPTER, S.A.R. 



WASHINGTON at WAYSIDE INN 



WASHINGTON'S JOURNEY FROM PHILADELPHIA 
TO CAMBRIDGE IN 1775 



PART TAKEN BY OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 



STORY OF PILGRIMAGE AND THE MARKER AT WAYSIDE INN 

AT the Twenty-fourth Annual Congress of the 
National Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution held at Chicago, Illinois, May 19 and 20, 
1913, Compatriot Henry Fuller Punderson of Spring- 
field offered the following resolutions, which were 
adopted: 

Resolved, That the National Society Sons of the 
American Revolution adopt the plan proposed by the 
George Washington Chapter, of Springfield, Mass., to 
mark the route taken by General Washington on his 
journey from Philadelphia to Cambridge to take 
command of the American forces. 

Resolved, That the State Societies of Pennsylvania, 
New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Massachu- 
setts be requested to co-operate. 

Resolved, That the President -General appoint a 
committee of fifteen, consisting of three members from 



106 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

each of the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New 
York, Connecticut and Massachusetts, and that the 
committee be given power to arrange and carry out 
the idea proposed without expense to the National 
Society. 

As authorized by the above resolutions, the Presi- 
dent-General in due time appointed the Committee of 
fifteen representing the five states before mentioned, of 
whom the Massachusetts members were: — 

Compatriots Henry Fuller Punderson, of Springfield, 
Brig. General Philip Reade, U.S.A. (retired), a member 
of Old Essex Chapter, and George Maury Rice of 
Worcester. 

The committee of fifteen, supplemented by local 
committees in the different states, showed great interest 
and activity in the project and a very interesting pro- 
gram was arranged for the pilgrimage, which included 
visits to all of the important historical localities along 
the route of Washington's journey. 

The first formal function was a banquet at the 
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, on the evening 
of June 22, 1915, to commemorate the farewell 
dinner given to General Washington in the same city 
on June 22, 1775. 

The next morning the President -General of the 
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion, Hon. Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston, and the 
Compatriots and their ladies who participated in the 
pilgrimage started in automobiles to follow the route 



SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 107 

taken by Washington in his journey from the Dela- 
ware to the Charles just 139 years before. 

It will be impossible in the scope of this notice to 
enumerate the many interesting incidents which 
occurred on this memorable pilgrimage or to note the 
manifold courtesies extended by the Compatriots and 
sympathetic citizens of the different localities through 
which the journey was made. It was, however, the 
good fortune of the President of the Massachusetts 
Society to join the party at Springfield, and as the 
guest of the President -General to complete the pil- 
grimage through this Commonwealth. He can there- 
fore testify to the hearty co-operation of the men and 
women of Massachusetts in a project happily conceived 
and carried to fruition wuth a measure of success far 
beyond the anticipations of its promoters. The 
Board of Managers of the State Society made a most 
generous appropriation, and the Chapters of Spring- 
field, Worcester, Cambridge, Boston and Lynn lent to 
the project their most loyal and cordial support. 
Especially gratifying was the magnificent co-operation 
of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of 
Boston and the Fusileer Veteran Association whose 
marked courtesies and brilliant uniforms made a 
unique feature in the Pilgrimage which no other State 
presented. To the ranking ofiQcers of these two organi- 
zations. Captain James David Coady, and Major James 
William Horace Myrick (a member of Old Essex 
Chapter) much of the success of the interesting func- 



108 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

tions which marked the termination of the pilgrimage 
at Sudbury, Watertown, Cambridge and Boston on 
July 2-3 was due. 

In one respect Massachusetts fairly eclipsed all the 
other States which participated in this celebration, 
to wit, — in the member of markers erected to define 
the route followed by Washington in 1775. In all, nine 
tablets were erected and fittingly dedicated in the fol- 
lowing order: Springfield, Palmer, Leicester, Worcester, 
Sudbury, Weston, Waltham and two in Water- 
town, one of the latter being contributed by the Ancient 
and Honorable Artillery Company. That at Sud- 
bury, directly in front of the Wayside Inn, of which the 
present Landlord is Compatriot Edward Rivers Lemon 
(an honorary member of this Chapter) was furnished by 
Old Essex Chapter. 

The pilgrims arrived at this historic Inn shortly 
before noon on July 2nd. A chicken dinner was 
generously provided by the State Society for our visit- 
ing guests, before and after which an opportunity was 
furnished to the visitors to inspect the historic treas- 
ures gathered in this ancient hostelry, which for more 
than 200 years has befriended the weary traveler, and 
has been hallowed by the visits of Washington, 
Lafayette, and many of our famous Revolutionary 
patriots. After dinner, occurred the formal unveiling 
of the memorial, a slate tablet three and one-half 
feet high, into which had been set the bronze insignia 
of the S.A.R., with this inscription: 



SONS OF AMERICAN EEVOLUTION 109 



WASHINGTON 

PASSED THIS PLACE 
ON HIS WAY TO 

CAMBRIDGE 

TO TAKE COMMAND 
OF THE 

PATRIOT ARMY 
June — 1775 — July 



erected by 
Old Essex Chapter S.A.R. 

lynn, mass. 

2nd July — 1914. 



110 OLD ESSEX CHAPTER 

A goodly delegation from Old Essex Chapter was 
present and Hon. Horace Hale Atherton, Jr., the 
President of the Chapter, made an appropriate dedi- 
catory address. The military spectacle of the bright 
uniforms of the Fusileer Veteran Association, the 
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and the 
Lexington Minute-men pleasantly blending with the 
civilian garb of the many spectators, made a most 
pleasing environment savoring of Revolutionary days, 
and the contribution of Old Essex Chapter may 
rightly be regarded as one of the features of this inter- 
esting historical pilgrimage. 




Photograph courteously furnished by Capt. Josiah Hathaway 



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